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Grok Paywall Change ‘Window Dressing’ and ‘Clearly’ Not Enough – Irish Ministers
Irish ministers disabled their X accounts amid concerns over Grok AI’s sexual deepfakes, including of children, prompting legal scrutiny by Irish authorities.
- On Friday, Patrick O'Donovan, Media Minister, deactivated his X account citing platform abuse and recent Grok revelations, while Ireland's media and AI ministers said they had taken similar steps.
- Users generated sexualised images, including of children, prompting scrutiny in Ireland and the UK, and Grok now limits such requests to paid subscribers who must provide name and payment details.
- Niamh Smyth, junior minister with responsibility for artificial intelligence , said Grok-created images had broken the law and requested a meeting with X on Wednesday, warning of consequences, while the Irish Data Protection Commission sent questions to X and the Irish Attorney General is reviewing protections.
- Smyth disabled her X account and encouraged others to follow, citing concern for women and children, while Women's Aid also deactivated their accounts to send a clear message.
- Deputy premier Simon Harris said putting Grok behind a paywall would "clearly not" address the issue, and he is "grappling" with whether politicians should deactivate their X accounts but prefers to stay "on the pitch" to engage.
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Grok paywall change ‘window dressing’ and ‘clearly’ not enough – Irish ministers
Ireland’s AI minister Niamh Smyth encouraged people to deactivate their X accounts.
·London, United Kingdom
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Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan deactivates X account amid AI chatbot’s ability to generate explicit images
The Minister for Media, Patrick O’Donovan, has deactivated his X account, saying he is “uncomfortable” with the platform and its AI tool Grok, which has been criticised for allowing the creation of sexually-explicit images without consent.
·Ireland
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