You don’t have to be a tech expert to see how quickly artificial intelligence (AI) has become part of our daily routine. From writing emails – yes, even those little prompts we get to complete sentences count as AI – to managing schedules, offering advice, problem-solving, and even carrying out some surgical procedures.
The start of 2026 opened with a disturbing social media trend on X (formerly Twitter) where some users began exploiting the platform’s built-in AI chatbot Grok to ‘digitally undress’ images of real people without their consent. These images are known as AI ‘deepfakes’, which are realistic but fabricated images created by artificial intelligence
