{"id":11670,"date":"2026-01-12T17:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11670"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:51:07","slug":"uk-to-bring-into-force-law-to-tackle-grok-ai-deepfakes-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11670","title":{"rendered":"UK to bring into force law to tackle Grok AI deepfakes this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The UK will bring into force a law which will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, following widespread concerns over Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot.<\/p>\n

The Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said the government would also seek to make it illegal for companies to supply the tools designed to create such images.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Commons, Kendall said AI-generated pictures of women and children in states of undress, created without a person’s consent, were not “harmless images” but “weapons of abuse”.<\/p>\n

The BBC has approached X for comment. It previously said: “Anyone using or prompting Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content.”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It comes hours after Ofcom announced it was launching an investigation<\/a> into X over “deeply concerning reports” about Grok altering images of people.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Kendall urged the regulator not to take “months and months” to conclude its investigation, and demanded it set out a timeline “as soon as possible”.<\/p>\n

It is currently illegal to share deepfakes of adults in the UK, but until now legislation which would make it a criminal offence to create or request them has not been enforced, despite passing in June 2025.<\/p>\n

Kendall said she would also make it a “priority offence” in the Online Safety Act. <\/p>\n

“The content which has circulated on X is vile. It’s not just an affront to decent society, it is illegal,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Let me be crystal clear – under the Online Safety Act, sharing intimate images of people without their consent, or threatening to share them, including pictures of people in their underwear, is a criminal offence for individuals and for platforms.<\/p>\n

“This means individuals are committing a criminal offence if they create or seek to create such content including on X, and anyone who does this should expect to face the full extent of the law.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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