Jan. 9 (UPI) -- X will only allow Grok image editing by paid subscribers after an outcry and threats from the British government over non-consensual undressing and pornographic images.
On Thursday, the British government said Elon Musk must deal with "appalling and unacceptable" images of women without their consent created by the platform's Grok artificial intelligence service. The bot service was found to be digitally undressing women and girls and creating images of them in sexualized positions without consent.
Now, Grok is only allowing paid subscribers to use it for image alteration on X. Non-subscribers can still edit images on its separate application and website.
An official spokesperson of the prime minister said the change "simply turns an AI feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service." They said it showed that X "can move swiftly when it wants to do so."
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