Grok block

Watchdog warns Musk Al service faces EU ban

- BY GRAINNE NI AODHA

REPORTS that social media site X is using Al to create fake sexualised images of people could see parts of the service withdrawn, Ireland's media watchdog said yesterday.

Coimisiun na Mean said it is engaging with the EU after users of X appeared to have prompted Grok, the Al chatbot developed by tech billionaire Elon Musk’s xAI, to generate undressed images of people.

A post on the Grok X account said there have been “isolated cases where users prompted for and received Al images depicting minors in minimal clothing”, and added: “xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely.”

Coimisiun na Mean spokesman John Evans said the Irish regulator was concerned at the potential risk of non-consensual image sharing.

He said it was illegal to have and to share child sexual abuse material even if it is generated by AI.