By Amelia Gentleman,Helena Horton,Dan Milmo
Publication Date: 2026-01-05 18:45:00
Degrading images of children and women whose clothing has been digitally removed by Grok AI continue to appear on Elon Musks
After days of concern about the chatbot’s use of photo manipulation to create sexualized images of real women and children stripped down to their underwear without their consent, Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom said on Monday it had “urgently contacted X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal obligations to protect users in the UK.” Ofcom added that it would assess whether an investigation was necessary based on the company’s response.
Meanwhile, politicians and women’s rights activists accused the British government of “acting slowly” by failing to pass a law passed six months ago that made the creation of such intimate images illegal.
The trend, which went viral over the course of the new year, also sparked…
