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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Hughes

JD Vance backs UK over ‘unacceptable’ sexualised AI images on X

JD Vance considers the sexualised manipulation of images of women and children by the Grok artificial intelligence chatbot to be “entirely unacceptable”, David Lammy said following talks with the vice-president.

Elon Musk, whose company xAI developed Grok and who owns the social media platform X (Twitter), where the images were shared, has accused the UK government of being “fascist” and attempting to suppress free speech after ministers escalated threats that could effectively block the site.

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