{"id":21535,"date":"2026-01-12T11:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/ofcom-investigating-elon-musks-x-after-outcry-over-sexualised-ai-images\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:37:36","slug":"ofcom-investigating-elon-musks-x-after-outcry-over-sexualised-ai-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/ofcom-investigating-elon-musks-x-after-outcry-over-sexualised-ai-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom investigating Elon Musk\u2019s X after outcry over sexualised AI images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Media regulator investigating site under Online Safety Act, with a de facto ban among possible punishments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2026\/jan\/12\/grok-x-nudification-technology-online-safety-labour-reform-tories-lib-dems-uk-politics-latest-news-updates\">UK politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UK media watchdog has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk\u2019s X over the use of the Grok AI tool to manipulate images of women and remove their clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Ofcom has acted following a public and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/12\/uk-threatens-action-against-x-over-sexualised-ai-images-of-women-and-children\">political outcry<\/a> over a deluge of sexual images appearing on the platform, created by Musk\u2019s Grok, which is integrated with X.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/12\/ofcom-investigating-x-outcry-sexualised-ai-images-grok-elon-musk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9eed52bcccc9b2621ffb52657bdd17f06c35aa8b\/184_0_3083_2467\/master\/3083.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a1d68f9eb3cb84502a84ca9632d83cb3\" title=\"Ofcom investigating Elon Musk\u2019s X after outcry over sexualised AI images\" \/>Media regulator investigating site under Online Safety Act, with a de facto ban among possible punishments<br \/>\nUK politics live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nThe UK media watchdog has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk\u2019s X over the use of the Grok AI tool to manipulate images of women and remove their clothes.<br \/>\nOfcom has acted following a public and political outcry over a deluge of sexual images appearing on the platform, created by Musk\u2019s Grok, which is integrated with X. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media regulator investigating site under Online Safety Act, with a de facto ban among possible punishments UK politics live \u2013 latest updates The UK media watchdog has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk\u2019s X over the use of the Grok AI tool to manipulate images of women and remove their clothes. Ofcom has acted &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/ofcom-investigating-elon-musks-x-after-outcry-over-sexualised-ai-images\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ofcom investigating Elon Musk\u2019s X after outcry over sexualised AI images<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21535"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}