Start-up limits use of image generation system to paid users following spread of deepfakes and child sex abuse material

Announcement comes as scrutiny of chatbot mounts after it created sexualised images of minors

UK prime minister steps in amid growing public anger at ‘disgraceful’ images, saying it is ‘simply not tolerable’

X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action

LONDON: Elon Musk’s startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool’s use of AI to…

Several countries have pushed back publicly against the tool that allows users to alter online images to remove the subjects' clothes.

UK PM Keir Starmer's office says move to limit access to paying subscribers 'insulting' to victims and 'not a solution'.

Start-up limits use of image generation system to paid users following spread of deepfakes and child sex abuse material

Platform has restricted image creation on the Grok AI tool to paying subscribers, but victims and experts say this does not go far enough

Billionaire’s xAI start-up lacks adequate safeguards, say experts, but many AI models are trained on troubling material

The restriction comes as regulators worldwide threaten enforcement action over Grok's generation of thousands of non-consensual deepfakes per hour.

Governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned reports X’s AI chatbot Grok was creating sexualised images of people, including children

Media regulator threatens chatbot with ban or multimillion-pound fine