Online Safety Commissioner Niamh Hodnett has said she was “horrified” by the ability of the Grok AI tool to generate sexualised deepfake images of adults and children.
Ms Hodnett said X, which operates Grok, has taken some steps to make it safer.
“We’re not saying it’s there yet but we’re assessing all of that,” she said.
“We were horrified, like everyone else, to see AI-generated child sexual abuse material, and AI-generated, nonconsensual, intimate images being shared on those platforms,” she said.
Ms Hodnett also defended her office’s handling of the Grok situation amid criticisms that Ireland should have been more proactive because X has its European…