Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The British government on Monday launched an investigation into X after its artificial intelligence tool, Grok, was found to be creating sexualized images of women and girls without their consent.
Britain's Ofcom, its communications services regulator, announced Monday that it would officially investigate X and whether the company has made appropriate changes for users in the United Kingdom.
If the agency finds that the company has broken British law, it can impose fines of up to $24 million or 10% of qualifying worldwide revenue, whichever is greater. In the most serious case, it can get a court order to block the site in the U.K. entirely.
Last week, the government highlighted cases of women being digitally undressed or put into sexualized situations by Grok and the photos being distributed on X. There were also cases of young girls being undressed, creating child sexual abuse material.
On Friday, Grok began only allowing paid subscribers to use its image generation and alteration tools.
