Artificial intelligence (AI) minister Niamh Smyth has sought a meeting with X over its “disturbing and worrying” Grok feature, which can generate explicit images of women and children. She emphasised that sharing intimate images without consent is illegal, as is the creation of child sexual abuse material. X’s AI chatbot Grok has come under scrutiny in recent days after the company launched a new image-editing tool last month. Ms Smyth said she has written to X seeking a meeting to discuss the measures it is taking to remain compliant with Irish law. “The sharing of non-consensual intimate images is illegal, and the generation of child sexual abuse material is illegal,” she said.

Source: Irish Examiner January 07, 2026 14:51 UTC