Ofcom launches investigation into Elon Musk’s X over Grok faux sexual photographs | UK | News | EUROtoday

Regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into social media platform X over the creation of deepfake sexual photographs utilizing its AI instrument.

An Ofcom assertion stated: “There have been deeply concerning reports of the Grok AI chatbot account on X being used to create and share undressed images of people – which may amount to intimate image abuse or pornography – and sexualised images of children that may amount to child sexual abuse material.

“As the UK’s impartial on-line security watchdog, we urgently made contact with X on Monday 5 January and set a agency deadline of Friday 9 January for it to elucidate what steps it has taken to adjust to its duties to guard its customers within the UK.

“The company responded by the deadline, and we carried out an expedited assessment of available evidence as a matter of urgency. We have decided to open a formal investigation to establish whether X has failed to comply with its legal obligations under the Online Safety Act.”

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