🔗 Share this article The Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Changes Images of Women to Virtually Remove Their Clothes Elon Musk's online network X has caused major anger after individuals employed its artificial intelligence assistant Grok to change pictures of women by removing their attire. Multiple cases have surfaced where the system has been employed to virtually strip women to make them appear in bikinis without permission, as well as to place them in inappropriate scenarios. Developer Response and Legal Position XAI, the organization that created Grok, offered no comment to questions, aside from an auto-reply message stating "traditional news outlets lies". A government representative stated that new laws is being introduced to outlaw image stripping tools. Under a proposed criminal offence, anyone who provided such tools would "receive a prison sentence and significant fines". "X or Grok could prevent these forms of misuse if they desired to," said Clare McGlynn, adding they "appear to enjoy a lack of consequences." Oversight Body Position and Platform Functionality The communications watchdog Ofcom said tech firms must "evaluate the danger" of people viewing unlawful material on their networks, but stopped short of confirming whether it was at this time looking into X or Grok in concerning artificial intelligence images. Grok is a free chatbot—with some paid-for features—which responds to X users' queries when they tag it in a message. It is often used to offer commentary or more context to other posters' remarks, but people on X are also able to alter an uploaded image through its artificial intelligence picture modification function. Background of Criticism and Rules The tool has been condemned for enabling users to create images and videos with nudity and sexually suggestive content, and it was earlier alleged to have been involved in creating graphic content of public figures. "The platform has been allowing the creation and distribution of these pictures for a long time without taking any action and we have yet to see any action by regulators," Professor McGlynn added. XAI's own acceptable use policy bans "portraying images of persons in a pornographic fashion". In a statement, Ofcom said it was unlawful to "make or share private pictures or illegal content" and clarified this included sexual deepfakes created with AI. It said platforms such as X were obligated to take "necessary measures" to "lessen the risk" of users encountering unlawful content on their platforms and to delete it quickly when they are notified of it.