🔗 Share this article The Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Modifies Pictures of Females to Virtually Undress Them The social media network X has caused major anger after individuals used its AI chatbot Grok to alter images of females by taking off their attire. Numerous examples have been seen where the technology has been employed to remove clothing from women to render them in bikinis without permission, as well as to place them in inappropriate situations. Developer Reaction and Legal Stance XAI, the company that created Grok, did not respond to inquiries, except for an auto-reply message stating "legacy media lies". A government official stated that legislation is being brought forward to prohibit image stripping technology. Under a new law, anyone who provided such tools would "face a prison sentence and significant fines". "X or Grok is capable of halting these forms of misuse if they desired to," said Clare McGlynn, adding they "operate with impunity." Oversight Body Stance and Platform Capabilities The regulator Ofcom said platforms must "evaluate the potential" of people seeing unlawful material on their platforms, but did not specify whether it was currently looking into X or Grok in relation to artificial intelligence pictures. Grok is a free artificial intelligence—with some premium features—which reacts to X users' queries when they mention it in a message. It is often used to provide commentary or further context to other posters' comments, but people on X are also capable of alter an uploaded picture through its artificial intelligence picture modification feature. History of Criticism and Policy The chatbot has been condemned for allowing users to produce photos and clips 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 enabling the creation and distribution of these pictures for months without taking any measures and we have not witnessed any intervention by regulators," the expert added. XAI's own terms of service prohibits "showing likenesses of people in a sexually explicit manner". In a comment, Ofcom said it was illegal to "make or circulate private pictures or illegal content" and stated this covered explicit AI images created with AI. It said services such as X were mandated to take "necessary steps" to "lessen the danger" of users coming across unlawful content on their platforms and to delete it promptly when they are notified of it.