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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rajeev Syal and Jessica Elgot

David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’

Vance gestures as he speaks
Lammy said Vance, usually known as an AI enthusiast, expressed concern about how technology was fuelling ‘hyper-pornographied slop’ online. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

JD Vance, the US vice-president, has agreed that it is “entirely unacceptable” for platforms such as X to allow the proliferation of AI-generated sexualised images of women and children, David Lammy has told the Guardian.

The deputy prime minister said Vance, usually known as an AI enthusiast, expressed concern about how the technology was being used to fuel “hyper-pornographied slop” online when they met in Washington on Thursday.

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