Tuesday 13 January 2026 03:13, UK
Sir Keir Starmer has called for action to tackle Grok creating sexualised images of children. Pic: Reuters
AI chatbot Grok has been creating images of women and children that are sexualised at the request of users.
Sir Keir Starmer has called for action to tackle Grok creating sexualised images of children. Pic: Reuters
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Sir Keir Starmer has threatened to “control” X’s AI chatbot Grok if Elon Musk’s social media platform continues to create sexual images of women and children.
The prime minister told his MPs the actions of Grok and X are “absolutely disgusting and shameful”.
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“If X cannot control Grok, we will – and we’ll do it fast because if you profit from harm and abuse, you lose the right to self regulate,” he told a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
Images are being generated by Grok, X’s AI tool, that sexualise women and children, manipulating photos of people to remove their clothes or make them pose in suggestive ways.
Grok’s image creation function has been switched off for all but paying subscribers after a global outcry, but some non-paying users have reported still being able to generate sexualised images of women and children.
