🔗 Share this article Elon Musk's Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Modifies Images of Females to Virtually Remove Their Clothes The online network X has sparked significant anger after individuals used its artificial intelligence assistant Grok to alter images of females by taking off their garments. Numerous instances have surfaced where the tool has been employed to virtually strip female subjects to show them in bikinis without consent, as well as to place them in inappropriate scenarios. Developer Reaction and Legal Position XAI, the company responsible for Grok, did not respond to questions, except for an auto-reply response stating "legacy media lies". A Home Office official stated that new laws is being introduced to prohibit image stripping tools. Under a new law, anyone who provided such tools would "face a jail term and substantial penalties". "The platform has the ability to stop these types of misuse if they wanted to," said Clare McGlynn, adding they "seem to have impunity." Oversight Body Position and Tool Capabilities The regulator Ofcom said technology companies must "consider the danger" of people viewing illegal content on their networks, but did not specify whether it was at this time looking into X or Grok in concerning artificial intelligence images. Grok is a no-cost artificial intelligence—with some paid-for features—which reacts to X users' prompts when they mention it in a tweet. It is often used to provide reactions or further context to other users' comments, but people on X are also able to edit an uploaded image through its artificial intelligence picture modification function. Background of Criticism and Policy The system has been condemned for permitting users to produce pictures and clips with explicit content and sexually suggestive content, and it was previously accused of generating sexually explicit content of public figures. "X has been enabling the creation and sharing of these images for a long time without taking any steps and we have not seen any challenge by oversight bodies," Professor McGlynn added. XAI's own acceptable use policy forbids "portraying likenesses of people in a graphic way". In a statement, Ofcom said it was illegal to "make or share private pictures or illegal content" and confirmed this included explicit AI images made with AI. It said networks such as X were obligated to take "necessary actions" to "lessen the risk" of users encountering unlawful material on their platforms and to take down it promptly when they become aware of it.