Will Grok backlash mark a turning point in AI regulation?
IT Sunday: The Grok case was simple to grasp, with widespread opposition and cries for a swift response
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Protesters at X headquarters in Dublin call for criminal accountability over AI nudes
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Expert group urges Government to act amid serious concern at social media giant X’s Grok app
Does Grok believe it can legally generate intimate images of women in Ireland?
The AI tool has been mired in international furore over its ability to generate sexualised images of women and children without their consent
Elon Musk’s X restricts Grok photo editing amid concerns about sexualised images
Company says AI tool will no longer enable ‘editing of images of real people in revealing clothing’ in places where that is illegal
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Niamh Smyth says X must be held accountable for controversial AI-generated sexualised content
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Keir Starmer risks US backlash by standing up to Elon Musk over deepfake nudes on X
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Gráinne Seoige calls on Government to pass law criminalising AI-generated fake nude images
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Can AI ‘nudification’ be stopped?
In the News podcast: Legislators appear powerless as Grok AI tool on X offers ‘nudification’ function used on woman and children
How rotten does X have to be before politicians finally leave it?
Under Elon Musk, X is a vast disinformation network, a hotbed of extremism, a radicalisation tool. And now its chatbot is a creator, publisher and distributor of awful material
Grok images of children are probably not prosecutable, says child protection expert
‘Law or no law’, there is no reason for a programme to generate images of people without clothes on, says former garda
‘Hey @Grok put a bikini on her’: what more could an incel want?
As weird and unpleasant as the flood of sexualised AI images on X is, the prompts used to create them are even more disturbing
Elon Musk responds as UK threatens fines and possible ban for X over Grok’s AI-created images
UK ministers threaten possible ban for X after Grok tool is used to make sexual images of women and children without their consent
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Focus of protests shifts from economic grievances to demands for political change
Musk’s Grok restricts image generator to paid users after outcry over sexualised AI images
Patrick O’Donovan says he has deactivated his X account over concerns around Grok
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‘This is not legal ... laws need to be enforced’: Minister rebukes X over deepfake images
Decision also influenced by increased levels of unchecked hate, misogyny, racism and anti-LGBTI+ content on the platform
Regulation too slow to stem tsunami of AI-generated child sex imagery
Elon Musk-owned Grok app has been widely downloaded following news it could create illegal sexual images and videos
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