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Public sceptical over new Grok safeguards as Ofcom launches investigation

The Independent asked the public how artificial intelligence should be regulated, as Elon Musk’s X introduced new safeguards on its AI chatbot Grok following pressure from UK regulators.

The Independent UK

What to know about UK legal changes aiming to regulate AI-generated nude images

U.K. officials say they are enforcing new laws to make creating online sexual images without consent illegal

The Independent UK

MAGA lawmaker says of course she didn’t insider trade – if she had she would have bought more

Under the STOCK Act, congressional members and their families are barred from using any nonpublic information to inform their stock market investment

The Independent UK

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Triple boost for Keir Starmer on GDP, the NHS and Grok after series of U-turns rocked Government

The PM is seeking to get his Government to focus sharply on tackling the cost-of-living crisis after its popularity slumped since the July 2024 general election

Evening Standard

Grok AI: what do limits on tool mean for X, its users and UK media watchdog?

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

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk's Baby Mother Claims AI Chatbot Grok Sexually Assaulted Her in 'Bizarre' Interview

Ashley St. Clair, mother of one of Elon Musk's children, alleges xAI's Grok AI produced and spread non-consensual sexual deepfake images of her — including from her childhood.

International Business Times UK

PM calls on X to comply with UK laws ‘immediately’ amid row over Grok deepfakes

Sir Keir Starmer said free speech ‘is not the freedom to violate consent’.

Evening Standard

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X bans sexually explicit Grok deepfakes – but is its clash with the EU over?

While Elon Musk’s company has said it is taking steps to prevent its AI chatbot from creating nude images of real people, the European Commission has yet to be reassured.

Euronews

Grok scandal highlights how AI industry is ‘too unconstrained’, tech pioneer says

‘Godfather of AI’ Yoshua Bengio says firms building powerful systems without appropriate guardrails

The Guardian - UK

'Society cannot function if no one is accountable for AI' — Jaron Lanier, the godfather of virtual reality, discusses how far our empathy should extend to AI in episode two of new podcast, The Ten Reckonings

As AI spreads faster than the rules meant to govern it, technologists warn that progress without human accountability risks undermining society itself.

TechRadar

Disturbing Telegram Groups Exposed: One Uses GrokAI to 'Undress' Women, Another Shares Rape 'Tutorials'

A Metro investigation has exposed a disturbing Telegram network using Elon Musk's Grok AI to create non-consensual deepfake pornography of women and children.

International Business Times UK

Liz Kendall welcomes new Grok restrictions after outcry over deepfakes

The Technology Secretary said all social media platforms must meet their legal duties and provide a safe and age-appropriate service.

Evening Standard

Grok deepfake restrictions a ‘vindication’ for Starmer – sources

Elon Musk’s company announced a clampdown following a wave of controversy.

The Independent UK

X says Grok, Musk's AI chatbot, is blocked from undressing images in places where it's illegal

Elon Musk’s X says its AI chatbot Grok won't be able to edit photos of real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - AU

Elon Musk’s Grok made the world less safe – his humiliating backdown gives me hopium

The AI chatbot’s torrent of nonconsensual deepfakes isn’t its first scandal and won’t be its last. Responsible governments should simply ban it

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s X restricts Grok photo editing amid concerns about sexualised images

Ofcom had earlier launched an investigation over reports Grok was allowing users to manipulate images of women and children.

Evening Standard

Elon Musk’s X to stop Grok AI undressing images of real people following huge backlash

Elon Musk’s company says it has imposed restrictions on ‘editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis’

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s X bans Grok AI tool from creating images of real people undressed

X announced the policy update the same day the state of California launched probe into allegations of nonconsensual AI-generated explicit images on the platform

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The Guardian - UK

Musk’s X to block Grok AI tool from creating sexualised images of real people

UK government claims vindication after Keir Starmer criticised earlier decision to keep functionality as ‘horrific’

The Independent UK

AOC’s bill to ban deepfake AI porn passed the Senate. What’s taking the House so long?

ANALYSIS: The bill is a sign of Ocasio-Cortez’s growing influence within the Democratic caucus that once shunned her, writes Eric Garcia

The Guardian - US

Elon Musk’s stubborn spin on Grok’s sexualized images controversy

Musk attempts to recast AI tool’s misuse. Plus, tech billionaires plot against a proposed California tax on their fortunes

TechRadar

‘It will refuse to produce anything illegal’: Elon Musk rails against Grok backlash, but UK Prime Minister says ‘we’re not going to back down’

X CEO Elon Musk disputes image generation charges leveled at Grok AI.

The Conversation

Grok fallout: Tech giants must be held accountable for technology-assisted gender-based violence

The new image and video editing feature for xAI’s chatbot, Grok, has generated thousands of non-consensual, sexually explicit images of women and minors since Grok announced the editing feature on Christmas Eve. It was promoted as enabling the addition of Santa Claus to photos.

Android Central

Google's Nano Banana Pro hits key milestone, and it couldn't have come at a better time

Nano Banana Pro hasn't even been out for two full months, and the image generation model already crossed a major threshold when it matters most.

The Conversation

Why Canada’s reaction to the Grok scandal is so muted in the midst of a global outcry

A global backlash is brewing against Grok, the AI chatbot owned by Elon Musk and embedded into the social media platform X, after recent reports revealed that Grok was being used to digitally undress women (“Put her into a very transparent mini-bikini,”) and pose them in sexually explicit positions.

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