The Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Changes Images of Females to Digitally Remove Their Clothes

The online network X has sparked widespread anger after individuals utilized its AI chatbot Grok to alter pictures of females by taking off their attire.

Numerous examples have surfaced where the tool has been employed to digitally undress female subjects to render them in bikinis non-consensually, as well as to insert them in sexually explicit situations.

Company Reaction and Regulatory Position

XAI, the company that created Grok, did not respond to requests for comment, aside from an standard response stating "legacy media lies".

A government representative stated that new laws is being brought forward to outlaw image stripping software. Under a proposed law, anyone who supplied such technology would "receive a prison sentence and heavy penalties".

"The platform could prevent these types of misuse if they desired to," said Clare McGlynn, adding they "seem to have impunity."

Oversight Body Stance and Tool Functionality

The communications watchdog Ofcom said tech firms must "assess the danger" of people viewing illegal content on their platforms, but did not specify whether it was currently investigating X or Grok in relation to AI-generated pictures.

Grok is a free AI assistant—with some premium functions—which reacts to X users' prompts when they tag it in a post.

It is frequently used to provide commentary or additional context to other posters' comments, but people on X are also able to edit an uploaded photo through its AI image editing function.

Background of Controversy and Policy

The system has been condemned for permitting users to generate photos and videos with explicit content and sexually suggestive material, and it was previously accused of making inappropriate content of public figures.

"X has been allowing the production and distribution of these pictures for a long time without taking any steps and we have not seen any challenge by regulators," the expert added.

XAI's own acceptable use policy prohibits "depicting likenesses of people in a sexually explicit fashion".

In a comment, Ofcom said it was against the law to "generate or circulate non-consensual intimate images or illegal content" and clarified this included sexual deepfakes created with AI.

It said platforms such as X were required to take "appropriate actions" to "lessen the danger" of users viewing illegal material on their platforms and to delete it quickly when they learn of it.