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Government signals support for possible Ofcom intervention on Grok as scrutiny of X’s AI tool intensifies

Liz Kendall had previously said that Ofcom must act ‘in days, not weeks’ after Grok merely made picture service available to paid subscribers

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Media regulator investigating site under Online Safety Act, with a de facto ban among possible punishments

The watchdog said it had received reports of the platform's Grok AI chatbot creating undressed images of people.

Ofcom is probing whether X breached UK law after its AI chatbot Grok was used to generate sexualized images of women and children.

The regulator has a range of powers to tackle illegal content on social media platforms

Grok tests if UK can penalize platforms for sexualized deepfakes generated by AI.

Ofcom said it will investigate the platform after its AI tool was used to ‘undress’ images of people without consent

Pressure on after Starmer said Musk's X needs to 'get a grip' on Grok; Downing Street has threatened to leave platform.

Editorial: A flood of non-consensual deepfake bikini shots on X is putting the UK’s Online Safety Act to the test

UK media regulator is investigating whether X has breached the Online Safety Act – what could happen next?

Lucy Hough speaks to senior national news editor Aaron Sharp

The prime minister says he's been told Elon Musk's X is taking steps to make it's in "full compliance with UK law."

New polling suggests 58% of Britons think X should be banned in the UK if the social network fails to crack down on nonconsensual images

Grok will no longer allow users to remove clothing from images of real people, a statement posted on X reads.

X's safety account said in a social media post that no users will be able to create sexualized images of real people using Grok.

UK users will no longer be able to create sexualised images of real people using @Grok X account, with Grok app also expected to be restricted