UK Regulator Ofcom Launches Investigation Into Musk’s X Over Grok AI Sexual Deepfakes

UK to criminalize nonconsensual deepfakes amid probe into Grok AI

The crackdown comes as the U.K. media regulator Ofcom announced a formal investigation into Elon Musk's X.

Elon Musk’s alternate Grok reality

Amid a scandal over nonconsensual sexual images, Musk says his AI chatbot is a force for “truth and… beauty.”

UK Opens Probe Into X Over Grok Deepfake Fears

Britain’s media watchdog has trained its sights on Elon Musk’s X, and this time, it’s about AI gone too far. Could a chatbot really cross legal red lines? Regulators believe it may have.Ofcom has opened an investigation into Grok, X’s AI assistant, over claims it was used to generate sexually explicit deepfake images. These include illegal non-consensual content and child sexual abuse material.“These reports are deeply concerning,” the regulator…

Britain To Ban Grok 'Nudify' Images. Here’s What We Know

The United Kingdom plans to bring into force a law that criminalizes the creation of non-consensual sexualized images, including through Grok, the chatbot within Elon Musk’s X application, following the app’s deepfake scandal of the last few weeks. “This means individuals are committing a criminal offence if they create—or seek to create—such content—including on X—and anyone who does this should expect to face the full extent of the law,” Techn…

Why X could face UK ban over Grok deepfake nudes

Ofcom has launched an investigation into X over reports that the social media platform’s AI chatbot Grok is generating deepfake nudes of people without their consent, as well as sexualised images of children.Under pressure to act, X last week limited access to Grok’s image generation tool to paid subscribers. This was criticised by Downing Street as merely turning “the creation of unlawful images into a premium service” but, said No. 10, it prov…

Musk’s Grok Is Abusing Women and Children. Our Government Needs to Act

Where are Canadian lawmakers? Oh, they’re on X.