LATEST | AI assistant Grok soars to top of Irish app download charts amid sexual imagery controversyTaoiseach rejects suggestion that current legislation is not strong enough to deal with issueWomen’s Aid removes itself from X, calling the crisis a ‘tipping point’Human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher said such sexualised abuse of children online has ‘devastating’ impactsThe Grok AI tool is being used to create sexually explicit images on social media site X. Photo: GettyAdrian Weckler, Mary Regan and Keith Kelly Today at 13:33Hotline.ie, the Irish online service designated to deal with reports of non-consensual image abuse, has received no submissions or complaints in recent days about X’s AI engine, Grok, synthetically undressing photos of women and minors, according to its chief executive.

Source: Irish Independent January 08, 2026 14:27 UTC