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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox and Athena Stavrou

Starmer takes on Musk and Trump over ‘insulting’ Grok changes on sexualised images

Sir Keir Starmer’s government is squaring up for a fight with Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s administration as the row over the creation of sexualised images on X escalates.

Downing Street warned that changes to Mr Musk’s AI chatbot Grok, which turned off image generation for all but paid subscribers after it was used to remove clothing from children, were “insulting” to victims of misogyny and sexual violence and had made creating deepfakes a “premium service”.

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