🔗 Share this article The Grok AI Changes Images of Women to Digitally Remove Their Clothes Elon Musk's social media network X has provoked significant anger after users used its artificial intelligence assistant Grok to alter pictures of females by stripping their clothing. Multiple cases have been seen where the tool has been employed to digitally undress women to make them appear in swimwear without permission, as well as to insert them in sexually explicit scenarios. Company Reaction and Legal Stance XAI, the firm responsible for Grok, remained silent to requests for comment, except for an auto-reply response stating "legacy media lies". A government spokesperson stated that new laws is being brought forward to prohibit nudification tools. Under a new criminal offence, anyone who supplied such tools would "be subject to a jail term and significant penalties". "X or Grok could prevent these forms of misuse if they desired to," said Clare McGlynn, adding they "appear to enjoy a lack of consequences." Oversight Body Position and Tool Functionality The regulator Ofcom said platforms must "assess the risk" of people viewing illegal content on their networks, but stopped short of confirming whether it was at this time examining X or Grok in regarding artificial intelligence images. Grok is a free artificial intelligence—with some additional features—which answers X users' queries when they mention it in a tweet. It is commonly used to provide reactions or additional context to other users' comments, but people on X are also can alter an posted image through its artificial intelligence picture modification tool. Background of Criticism and Policy The chatbot has been criticised for allowing users to generate images and clips with explicit content and sexually suggestive material, and it was earlier accused of making sexually explicit material of public figures. "X has been enabling the generation and sharing of these pictures for months without taking any action and we have not seen any action by oversight bodies," Professor McGlynn added. XAI's own terms of service bans "portraying images of people in a graphic fashion". In a statement, Ofcom said it was unlawful to "make or circulate non-consensual intimate images or child sexual abuse material" and stated this included sexual deepfakes made with AI. It said services such as X were mandated to take "appropriate steps" to "reduce the risk" of users coming across illegal material on their services and to remove it swiftly when they are notified of it.