🔗 Share this article The Grok AI Modifies Pictures of Women to Virtually Undress Them The social media network X has provoked major backlash after individuals used its AI chatbot Grok to change images of females by stripping their garments. Several cases have surfaced where the tool has been employed to remove clothing from women to render them in swimwear non-consensually, as well as to put them in inappropriate situations. Company Response and Regulatory Position XAI, the organization responsible for Grok, did not respond to requests for comment, aside from an standard message stating "traditional news outlets lies". A government representative stated that new laws is being proposed to prohibit nudification tools. Under a proposed criminal offence, anyone who supplied such tools would "face a jail term and significant fines". "X or Grok has the ability to stop these types of abuse if they chose to," said a law professor, adding they "seem to have impunity." Oversight Body Stance and Platform Capabilities The regulator Ofcom said tech firms must "evaluate the risk" of people accessing illegal content on their platforms, but did not confirm whether it was presently investigating X or Grok in concerning AI-generated pictures. Grok is a free chatbot—with some premium features—which answers X users' queries when they tag it in a tweet. It is frequently used to give reactions or more background to other users' comments, but people on X are also capable of alter an uploaded picture through its AI image editing tool. Background of Controversy and Policy The system has been condemned for permitting users to produce pictures and videos with nudity and sexually suggestive content, and it was previously alleged to have been involved in generating graphic content of celebrities. "The platform has been permitting the production and distribution of these pictures for months without taking any measures and we have not witnessed any intervention by regulators," the expert added. XAI's own terms of service bans "showing likenesses of persons in a sexually explicit manner". In a statement, Ofcom said it was against the law to "create or circulate non-consensual intimate images or illegal content" and clarified this covered sexual deepfakes created with AI. It said platforms such as X were mandated to take "necessary actions" to "lessen the danger" of users coming across illegal content on their services and to remove it swiftly when they learn of it.