Ms Smyth said the move to put the sexualised deepfake images tool behind a paywall on X was “window dressing” and “doesn’t give me any comfort”. There has been increased scrutiny in Ireland and the UK over Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok after users generated a spate of sexualised images of people, including children. “I actually deactivated my X account so I’m not on X anymore,” he said. Asked if the concerns around Grok this week had also prompted him to deactivate it, he said: “It was, yeah, it was. Earlier in the week, Ms Smyth said sexualised images created through Grok on X had broken the law.

Source: The Herald January 09, 2026 16:08 UTC