British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, that Elon Musk’s
The country’s media regulator has launched an investigation into the platform over sexually explicit images generated by the Grok AI chatbot.
The apparent setback by the social media platform reportedly comes days after UK media regulator Ofcom announced it would launch an investigation into the matter. ABC News.
The Ofcom regulator launched an investigation into the social media platform on Monday 12 January 2026 over concerns that Grok was creating sexually intimate deepfake images in breach of its duty to protect people in the UK from illegal content.
Liz Kendall, Britain’s political and technology secretary, said new laws criminalizing the creation of sexual deepfakes will come into force this week to tackle images she calls “weapons of abuse”.
Shortly after the British Prime Minister’s statement, Elon Musk posted on X that Grok will always comply with the laws of the countries in which it operates.
“I was informed this morning that Mr.
Until now, Grok, an AI bot from Company X, had limited its image generation function to paid members due to concerns about non-consensual sexual images.
Meanwhile, X owner Elon Musk continues to promote the AI tool despite growing backlash and criticism, as Indonesia and Malaysia moved to block Grok within their borders earlier this week.
The European Union, India and France have also expressed concerns about the platform.
In early January, X announced that requests to undress people in images would be restricted to paying users.
“Grok’s operating principle is to comply with the laws of a particular country or state, so when asked to produce images, Grok refuses to produce anything illegal,” the platform said.
