Tuesday 06 January 2026 14:23 GMT Britain joins condemnation of sexual deepfake images created with Grok AI Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has urged Elon Musk's X to urgently address the use of its artificial intelligence, Grok, to create sexualised deepfake images. Ms Kendall fully supports regulator Ofcom's investigation into X and xAI, the firm behind Grok, and any enforcement action it deems necessary. Users of the social media platform X have reportedly prompted Grok to generate images of children in minimal clothing. A post on the Grok X account acknowledged "isolated cases" of such images and stated that xAI has safeguards, with ongoing improvements to block these requests entirely. Ms Kendall condemned the "appalling" and "unacceptable" proliferation of demeaning and degrading deepfake images, which disproportionately target women and girls. In full