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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth and Dara Kerr

Musk’s X to block Grok AI tool from creating sexualised images of real people

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Elon Musk said he was ‘not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero.’ Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

The UK government has claimed “vindication” after Elon Musk’s X announced it had stopped its AI-powered Grok feature from editing pictures of real people to show them in revealing clothes such as bikinis, including for premium subscribers.

After a fortnight of public outcry at the tool embedded into X being used to create sexualised images of women and children, the company said it would “geoblock” the ability of users “to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire via the Grok account and in Grok in X”, in countries where it was illegal.

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