The move follows backlash from the government and an Ofcom investigation, after some were found to use the tool to generate sexualised images of people.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon will start using Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok. The word comes days after Grok drew global outcry for generating highly sexualized deepfake images.

A coalition of women's groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists call on Google and Apple to remove X and Grok from their app stores.

California authorities have launched an investigation into xAI following weeks of reports that the chatbot was generating sexualized images of children. "xAI appears to be facilitating the large-scale production of deepfake nonconsensual intimate images that are being used to harass women and girls across the internet,

Ireland expressed concerns about US social media company X's AI tool Grok following a meeting with the company’s executives. Minister for Artificial Intelligence Niamh Smyth welcomed “corrective actions” taken by X, after the company told her that Grok has been “disabled from removing or reducing clothing on individuals worldwide”.

Japan said on Friday that it has become the latest country to probe X over Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence service Grok, stating that the government would consider every possible option to prevent the generation of inappropriate images.

Elon Musk’s X has implemented new technological restrictions on its Grok AI chatbot to prevent the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes, responding to mounting international pressure as Britain’s media regulator Ofcom continues its formal investigation into whether the platform violated U.

AI Minister Niamh Smyth warned officials from social media giant X not to re-introduce the image altering tool on Grok in Ireland as she claimed “concerns remain” over the artificial intelligence