Elon Musk’s social media platform X, the chosen bullhorn of politicians and campaigners in many countries, finds itself at the centre of social outrage after its AI engine, Grok, allowed users to generate sexually explicit deepfakes of real people. Clearly out of control, Grok has allowed X users to disrobe women, put them in sexual positions and even target children, turning the platform into a cesspool of perversion. One of the victims was a 14-year-old female actor in the Netflix series Stranger Things, whose clothes were removed by the technology to produce a fake image, exposing the destructive potential of uncontrolled use of AI. The response from X has been more than disappointing. It restricted the use of Grok for........

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