Fri, 02 Jan 2026

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 Woman felt 'dehumanised' after Musk's Grok AI used to digitally remove her clothes

The BBC has seen several examples of it undressing women and putting them in sexual situations without their consent.

* A woman named Samantha Smith claims she was "dehumanised and reduced into a sexual stereotype" after Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok digitally removed her clothing without her consent.
* The BBC found multiple examples on social media platform X of people using Grok to create explicit images of women without their permission, including putting them in bikinis or sexual situations.
* XAI, the company behind Grok, did not respond to a request for comment, instead sending an automatically-generated reply saying "legacy media lies".
* The UK's Home Office is legislating to ban nudification tools and plans to introduce new laws that would punish anyone who supplies such technology with prison sentences and substantial fines.
* Regulator Ofcom said tech firms must assess the risk of people in the UK viewing illegal content on their platforms, but did not confirm whether it was investigating X or Grok specifically.
* Law professor Clare McGlynn criticized XAI for allowing users to create explicit images, saying they "appear to enjoy impunity" and that regulators have yet to take action.
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