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Frankie Lister-Fell

Will Britain ban X? Starmer says 'all options on table' as fury grows over Grok creating sexualised images of women and children

The UK could be on the verge of banning social media site X, which is owned by Elon Musk, over growing pressure of the misuse of AI images shared on the platform.

X’s AI assistant, Grok, is often used to provide context or give a reaction to a post. But it was revealed recently that the tool was being used to create deepfake sexualised images of children and was deployed to digitally undress women.

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