Users of Grok in Ireland were able to create intimate images of women in their underwear. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA WireWithin ten minutes on Thursday morning, the controversial artificial intelligence tool Grok swung wildly between believing it could and could not legally generate intimate images of Irish women. For weeks, Grok has been mired in international furore over the AI tool’s ability to generate intimate images of women and children without their consent. A number of Government Ministers and the media regulator Coimisiún na Meán had repeatedly claimed that sharing intimate images without consent was against the law in Ireland. After the Irish Times generated the images, Grok offered an easy function to immediately share them to X or Instagram.

Source: The Irish Times January 15, 2026 13:40 UTC