The United Kingdom has urged Elon Musk's X to urgently address a proliferation of intimate "deepfake" images created on demand via its built-in AI chatbot Grok, joining a European outcry over a surge in nonconsensual imagery on the platform. The comments, made on Tuesday, follow reporting that Grok, prompted by users, was creating a flood of nonconsensual images of women and minors in skimpy clothing. "No one should have to go through the ordeal of seeing intimate deepfakes of themselves online," Kendall said. "We cannot and will not allow the proliferation of these demeaning and degrading images, which are disproportionately aimed at women and girls." "X needs to deal with this urgently," Kendall said.

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Ofcom has said it is aware of serious concerns raised about Grok creating undressed images of people. Ofcom has said it is aware of serious concerns raised about Grok creating undressed images of people. Liz Kendall calls on X to'deal with this urgently' while expert criticises'worryingly slow' government response Tue 6 Jan 2026 11.56 ESTLast modified on Tue 6 Jan 2026 12.17 EST The UK technology secretary has called a wave of images of women and children with their clothes digitally removed generated by Elon Musk's Grok AI "appalling and unacceptable in decent society". After thousands of intimate deepfakes circulated online, Liz Kendall said X, Musk's social media platform, needed to "deal with this urgently" and she backed the UK regulator Ofcom to "take any enforcement action it deems necessary". "We cannot and will not allow the proliferation of these demeaning and degrading images, which are disproportionately aimed at women and girls," she said.

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Now Musk's Grok chatbot is creating sexualised images of children. The owner of X has grown used to acting with impunity - but this may be a red line for those with'conservative values' who fund his adventures in free speech I t's a sickening law of the internet that the first thing people will try to do with a new tool is strip women. Grok, X's AI chatbot, has been used repeatedly by users in recent days to undress images of women and minors. The news outlet Reuters identified 102 requests in a 10-minute period last Friday from users to get Grok to edit people into bikinis, the majority of these targeting young women. Grok complied with at least 21 of them.

Welcome back to, TIME's new twice-weekly newsletter about AI. If you're reading this in your browser, why not subscribe to have the next one delivered straight to your inbox? Late last year, an AI researcher opened his laptop and showed me something jaw-dropping. Lucas Hansen, co-founder of nonprofit CivAI, was showing me an app he built that coaxed popular AI models into giving what appeared to be detailed step-by-step instructions for creating poliovirus and anthrax. Any safeguards that these models had were stripped away.

Government demands Musk's X deals with'appalling' Grok AI deepfakes Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has called on Elon Musk's X to urgently deal with its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok being used to create non-consensual sexualised deepfake images of women and girls. The BBC has seen several examples on X of people asking the bot to digitally undress people to make them appear in bikinis without their consent, as well as putting them in sexual situations. Kendall said the situation was absolutely appalling, adding we cannot and will not allow the proliferation of these degrading images. It is absolutely right that Ofcom is looking into this as a matter of urgency and it has my full backing to take any enforcement action it deems necessary. On Monday, regulator Ofcom said it had made urgent contact with Elon Musk's company xAI and was investigating concerns Grok has been producing undressed images of people.

CES 2026 day 0: The biggest news you missed from the show's Monday press conferences CES 2026 press day was all about AI, silicon and setting expectations early. CES 2026 officially opens today, but much of the show's biggest announcements already landed during Monday's press conferences and early events. AI was everywhere, chipmakers dominated the schedule and a handful of brands used the pre-show window to quietly drop meaningful hardware updates. Below are the biggest announcements and trends from January 5, plus a few standout hands-ons from Pepcom and CES Unveiled. LG's World Premiere keynote leaned hard into its vision of "Affectionate Intelligence," with AI positioned as the connective tissue across TVs, appliances and even robotics.

In the early 1900s, beavers had almost completely disappeared from the United States due to hunting and trapping. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Beavers might rival even the most hardworking corporate employee in productivity and hustle, but they're not quite cut out for business travel--especially the airborne kind. Nevertheless, in 1948, 76 industrious beavers were subjected to a once-in-a-lifetime "work trip" to Idaho's remote Chamberlain Basin--via parachute. The event, which was captured in a now-viral video, has become celebrated as a quirky example of human ingenuity and environmental stewardship. After all, who can resist a flying beaver?