Minister claims users, not X, responsible for generating explicit images with Grok

Communications minister Patrick O’Donovan said technological advancements around AI are moving faster than laws can respond, and that some sharing of images is covered under Coco’s Law

Patrick O'Donovan: 'Ultimately, at the end of the day, it’s a choice of a person to make these images.' File photo

Responsibility for generating explicit images through Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok lies with users, rather than social media firm X, communications minister Patrick O’Donovan has claimed.

In a break with the consensus of his Government counterparts, Mr O’Donovan said it is “reprehensible” for people to use AI and generate explicit images without consent, but did not lay the blame on X.