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Minister to give update on X amid deepfake row

Liz Kendall will give a statement in the Commons amid reports that the chatbot Grok digitally undressed people without their consent.

Evening Standard

Malaysia and Indonesia move to ban Musk’s Grok AI over sexually-explicit deepfakes

This week, Malaysia and Indonesia have become the world’s first countries to take action against xAI’s Grok chatbot, which was found to be used to generate fake pornographic content.

Fortune

Law making creation of nonconsensual, intimate images illegal to come into force this week – as it happened

Liz Kendall says decision by X last week to restrict the Grok AI deepfake tool to subscribers did not go far enough

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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Faces Backlash After Defending Grok AI Amid Deepfake Abuse Fears

The CEO of Epic Games Tim Sweeney faced heavy scrutiny after publicly defending X's AI companion Grok amid surge of deepfake content generation

International Business Times UK

UK Grok ban live: Starmer threatens Musk over X’s ‘absolutely disgusting’ actions over AI deepfakes

Ofcom investigates social media platform over sexualised images made by its chatbot

The Independent UK

Indonesia and Malaysia ban Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is facing mounting scrutiny, including in the European Union, Britain, India and France, for being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.

Euronews

Sexualised images created by AI chatbot Grok are 'weapons of abuse,' says minister in clash with Elon Musk

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall told MPs that creating non-consensual intimate images will become a criminal offence from this week

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Indonesia Does What Others Are Still Debating: Blocks Grok AI Over Harmful Deepfakes

Elon Musk's xAI Grok is facing a temporary ban in Indonesia, Malaysia, following deepfake controversy that has sparked global debate on AI safety

International Business Times UK

Monday briefing: How Elon Musk’s Grok is being used as a tool for digital sexual abuse

In today’s newsletter: The chatbot is being used to digitally undress photos of women and children. What can politicians actually do to stop it, and what does it say about our control of the internet?

The Guardian - UK

Can Elon Musk's Grokipedia Beat Wikipedia? Controversy Erupts on Social Media

Elon Musk's Grokipedia is taking on Wikipedia after a viral tweet revealed how AI corrected a major error instantly. Can it really replace human editors?

International Business Times UK

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents'

Not the hill I'd die on, but I'm not a billionaire.

PC Gamer

US official warns UK against ‘Russia-style’ ban on X over AI-generated images

The Government would back regulator Ofcom if it decided to implement a ban on accessing X from the UK over sexualised deepfake images.

Evening Standard

US warns UK against ‘Russia-style’ ban on Musk’s X as it plays down deepfake images

Sarah Rogers said the UK was ‘contemplating a Russia-style X ban, to protect them from bikini images’

The Independent UK

‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral

The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted

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The Independent UK

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

The deputy prime minister raised the concerns with Vance about Grok in a meeting this week

Evening Standard

Lammy says Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘despicable’

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy discussed the issue with US vice president JD Vance during a trip to Washington.

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’

Exclusive: US vice-president ‘sympathetic’ to concerns over Grok-generated pornography, says deputy PM

Evening Standard

Musk hits out at ‘fascist’ UK as row over X and its Grok AI escalates

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said she would back regulator Ofcom if it sought to ban the social media platform and its AI.

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The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk says UK wants to suppress free speech as X faces possible ban

Ministers warn platform could be blocked after Grok AI used to create sexual images without consent

The Guardian - AU

Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content

Move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the AI tool and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content

AAP

PM slams X over ongoing AI sexploitation claims

Anthony Albanese has taken Elon Musk's X platform to task for failing to meet community standards in relation to AI-generated sexualised images.

International Business Times

X, Grok Takedown: Senators Ask Apple, Google to Remove Apps Due to 'Sickening' Content Generation

US Senators are now calling for Apple to takedown the X and Grok apps following the content generation fiasco.

The Independent UK

Musk claims outcry over Grok deepfakes used as an ‘excuse for censorship’

Governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned reports X’s AI chatbot Grok was creating sexualised images of people, including children

Evening Standard

Musk claims outcry over Grok deepfakes ‘excuse for censorship’

The billionaire appeared defiant despite outcry over reports X’s AI chatbot Grok was creating sexualised images of people, including children.

Evening Standard

Man wrongly released from London jail admits crimes after recapture

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was accidentally released from HMP Wandsworth while awaiting trial

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