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Grok deepfake restrictions a ‘vindication’ for Starmer – sources

Elon Musk’s company announced a clampdown following a wave of controversy.

The Independent UK

X says Grok, Musk's AI chatbot, is blocked from undressing images in places where it's illegal

Elon Musk’s X says its AI chatbot Grok won't be able to edit photos of real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s Grok made the world less safe – his humiliating backdown gives me hopium

The AI chatbot’s torrent of nonconsensual deepfakes isn’t its first scandal and won’t be its last. Responsible governments should simply ban it

The Guardian - AU

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Elon Musk’s X restricts Grok photo editing amid concerns about sexualised images

Ofcom had earlier launched an investigation over reports Grok was allowing users to manipulate images of women and children.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s X to stop Grok AI undressing images of real people following huge backlash

Elon Musk’s company says it has imposed restrictions on ‘editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis’

Evening Standard

Elon Musk’s X bans Grok AI tool from creating images of real people undressed

X announced the policy update the same day the state of California launched probe into allegations of nonconsensual AI-generated explicit images on the platform

The Independent UK

Musk’s X to block Grok AI tool from creating sexualised images of real people

UK government claims vindication after Keir Starmer criticised earlier decision to keep functionality as ‘horrific’

The Guardian - UK

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AOC’s bill to ban deepfake AI porn passed the Senate. What’s taking the House so long?

ANALYSIS: The bill is a sign of Ocasio-Cortez’s growing influence within the Democratic caucus that once shunned her, writes Eric Garcia

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s stubborn spin on Grok’s sexualized images controversy

Musk attempts to recast AI tool’s misuse. Plus, tech billionaires plot against a proposed California tax on their fortunes

The Guardian - US

‘It will refuse to produce anything illegal’: Elon Musk rails against Grok backlash, but UK Prime Minister says ‘we’re not going to back down’

X CEO Elon Musk disputes image generation charges leveled at Grok AI.

TechRadar

Grok fallout: Tech giants must be held accountable for technology-assisted gender-based violence

The new image and video editing feature for xAI’s chatbot, Grok, has generated thousands of non-consensual, sexually explicit images of women and minors since Grok announced the editing feature on Christmas Eve. It was promoted as enabling the addition of Santa Claus to photos.

The Conversation

Google's Nano Banana Pro hits key milestone, and it couldn't have come at a better time

Nano Banana Pro hasn't even been out for two full months, and the image generation model already crossed a major threshold when it matters most.

Android Central

Why Canada’s reaction to the Grok scandal is so muted in the midst of a global outcry

A global backlash is brewing against Grok, the AI chatbot owned by Elon Musk and embedded into the social media platform X, after recent reports revealed that Grok was being used to digitally undress women (“Put her into a very transparent mini-bikini,”) and pose them in sexually explicit positions.

The Conversation

Starmer ‘won’t back down’ in fight with Musk’s X over Grok AI sexualised images

‘We’ve made it clear that X has to act,’ the prime minister says

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Evening Standard

X is acting to comply with UK law, Keir Starmer tells MPs amid Grok row

The PM said news the social media company was taking action on concerns Grok was producing sexualised images of women and children was welcome.

Evening Standard

Irish police investigating 200 reports of Grok child abuse material

Detective Chief Superintendent Barry Walsh said gardai remain in contact with the Irish media regulator Coimisiun na Mean.

The Independent UK

Irish police investigating hundreds of reports of Grok child abuse material

The committee was told there are currently 200 reports being investigated by the Irish police service

International Business Times UK

Grok Is Signed Up For Pentagon Use Despite Global Outcry For Sexual Exploitation

The US Department of Defence plans to use Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot in military networks, sparking controversy amid global outcry over the tool's role in generating sexualised and deepfake content.

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The Guardian - UK

Use of AI to harm women has only just begun, experts warn

While Grok has introduced belated safeguards to prevent sexualised AI imagery, other tools have far fewer limits

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk Breaks His Silence on the Terminator Style Threats Facing Our Future

Elon Musk breaks his silence on fears of AI turning on humanity, as Grok is compared to a real-life Terminator scenario.

The Guardian - US

Musk’s AI tool Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, Hegseth says

Defense secretary says AI tool will join military systems later this month as it comes under fire for sexual imagery

International Business Times UK

Musk Hosts Defense Secretary At SpaceX Days After $739M Contract, Announces Grok AI Pentagon Deployment

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited SpaceX days after $739M contract, announcing Grok AI deployment at Pentagon alongside Google's Gemini this month.

Evening Standard

Government accused of ‘muted and confusing’ response to Grok abusive images

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has called for criminal investigations into the production of distributions of child abuse images.

Roll Call

Senate passes bill targeting nonconsensual deepfake images

Passage follows furor over Elon Musk-owned X allowing the Grok AI chatbot to generate sexualized images of real people, including children.

The Independent UK

X down: Twitter not working amid major outage

Outage comes amid growing outrage over X’s AI tool, Grok, being used to create abusive and violent images

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