🔗 Share this article The Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Changes Pictures of Females to Virtually Strip Them The social media network X has caused major outrage after people employed its AI chatbot Grok to manipulate photos of females by removing their clothing. Several instances have emerged where the tool has been employed to digitally undress female subjects to render them in bikinis without permission, as well as to put them in inappropriate situations. Company Response and Legal Stance XAI, the firm that created Grok, did not respond to requests for comment, aside from an auto-reply message stating "legacy media lies". A government official stated that new laws is being brought forward to outlaw image stripping technology. Under a proposed law, anyone who provided such tools would "face a prison sentence and substantial penalties". "X or Grok could prevent these types of abuse if they wanted to," said a law professor, adding they "operate with impunity." Oversight Body Position and Platform Capabilities The communications watchdog Ofcom said technology companies must "assess the danger" of people seeing illegal content on their networks, but stopped short of confirming whether it was at this time examining X or Grok in concerning artificial intelligence images. Grok is a no-cost chatbot—with some paid-for features—which answers X users' requests when they mention it in a message. It is frequently used to give commentary or more background to other posters' remarks, but people on X are also able to alter an uploaded photo through its artificial intelligence picture modification tool. Background of Controversy and Policy The tool has been faulted for permitting users to create pictures and clips with nudity and sexualised material, and it was previously accused of generating inappropriate content of celebrities. "X has been enabling the creation and distribution of these images for a long time without taking any steps and we have not seen any intervention by regulators," the expert added. XAI's own acceptable use policy bans "depicting likenesses of persons in a sexually explicit way". In a statement, Ofcom said it was illegal to "generate or distribute private pictures or child sexual abuse material" and clarified this covered sexual deepfakes generated with AI. It said networks such as X were mandated to take "necessary steps" to "lessen the danger" of users viewing illegal content on their services and to remove it promptly when they learn of it.