Statement on the appalling news regarding Grok/X

I stopped posting on X/Twitter early last year, as it was clear that the platform was headed in a deeply disturbing direction since being taken over by Musk.

However, I am utterly appalled at the recent news that its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok is being used to create non-consensual sexualised images of women and girls. Apparently, several of these images have been of children.

It’s illegal, degrading and completely unacceptable – this has to be stopped immediately, or the platform must be held to account for these failings.