As sexualized images flooding X spark a global conversation, Newsweek spoke to legal experts about the potential legal implications.

Ofcom launches formal investigation into X after reports Grok AI was used to create non-consensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material.

The launch of an AI image editing feature on xAI’s Grok has caused chaos on X after it was used to generate a flood of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes. As Hayden Field wrote, “screenshots show Grok complying with requests to put real women in lingerie and make them spread their legs, and to put small children in bikinis.”

Love Island's Maya Jama has publicly asked Grok, the AI chatbot integrated into X, not to edit or modify any photos of her following recent, widespread concern around how the AI tool is being used.

Malaysia on Sunday temporarily blocked access to Grok, joining a growing list of countries taking action after the generative artificial intelligence chatbot sparked a global backlash by allowing users to create and publish sexualised images.

On Elon Musk’s social media platform X, the Grok AI image generation reply bot has been changed to be for paying customers only and appears to be restricted from making sexualized deepfakes after recent outcry.

Paid tools that “strip” clothes from photos have been available on the darker corners of the internet for years. Elon Musk’s X is now removing barriers to entry—and making the results public.

Indonesia and Malaysia's ban on Grok AI over explicit content has raised global concerns about deepfakes and the challenges of regulating fast-evolving AI technologies. Helen Toner, Interim Executive Director at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology,