Irish Examiner view: Depraved adaptation of technology

In 2021, the government introduced legislation criminalising the sharing of, or threatening to share, intimate images without a person’s consent

It is also extremely worrying that Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Musk’s children, said she felt “horrified and violated” after fans of the billionaire used Grok to create sexualised images of her from real pictures in a deranged attempt at revenge porn. Picture: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

Users of Elon Musk’s X and his Grok AI tool have, since last month, been able to use a function called “edit image”, whereby they can request modifications to images and can remove clothing from real people in those images.

A depraved adaptation of technology, it has been used to generate sexual abuse material — including material relating to children.