The online network X has provoked widespread anger after people utilized its artificial intelligence assistant Grok to change images of females by taking off their garments.
Numerous cases have been seen where the system has been employed to digitally undress women to make them appear in bikinis without permission, as well as to place them in inappropriate scenarios.
Developer Response and Regulatory Stance
XAI, the organization that created Grok, offered no comment to questions, aside from an automatically-generated response stating "traditional news outlets lies".
A government official stated that new laws is being proposed to prohibit nudification tools. Under a upcoming law, anyone who supplied such technology would "face a jail term and significant fines".
"The platform has the ability to stop these forms of misuse if they chose to," said Clare McGlynn, adding they "appear to enjoy a lack of consequences."
Oversight Body Position and Tool Capabilities
The communications watchdog Ofcom said platforms must "evaluate the potential" of people accessing unlawful material on their services, but did not specify whether it was currently investigating X or Grok in regarding artificial intelligence images.
Grok is a no-cost chatbot—with some paid-for functions—which responds to X users' queries when they tag it in a message.
It is frequently used to provide commentary or more background to other posters' remarks, but people on X are also can alter an posted photo through its artificial intelligence picture modification tool.
Background of Controversy and Rules
The tool has been faulted for enabling users to produce photos and footage with nudity and sexualised material, and it was in the past alleged to have been involved in making inappropriate content of celebrities.
"The platform has been enabling the creation and sharing of these pictures for months without taking any steps and we have yet to see any challenge by oversight bodies," Professor McGlynn added.
XAI's own terms of service prohibits "portraying likenesses of individuals in a graphic fashion".
In a comment, Ofcom said it was unlawful to "create or share deepfakes or illegal content" and stated this included explicit AI images made with AI.
It said services such as X were required to take "necessary steps" to "lessen the danger" of users viewing unlawful content on their platforms and to take down it promptly when they are notified of it.
