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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sylvia Hui

What to know about UK legal changes aiming to regulate AI-generated nude images

Grok Deepfakes - (AP)

Laws that will make it illegal to create online sexual images of someone without their consent are coming into force soon in the U.K., officials said Thursday, following a global backlash over the use of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok to make sexualized deepfakes of women and children.

Musk's company, xAI, announced late Wednesday that it has introduced measures to prevent Grok from allowing the editing of photos of real people to portray them in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal.

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