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When AI goes too far: Grok, X, and the UK crackdown | Commercial Awareness Compass #58
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X (formerly known as Twitter) has come under government scrutiny over Grok, its integrated AI chat and image generation bot, after users generated indecent images of real people, including sexualised images of children. Ofcom and the UK government are investigating, with talk of restrictions and even a UK ban if safeguards are not put in place.
The story exposes the tension between fast moving AI development and slower regulation, with platforms accused of building tools that can be misused at scale while still claiming they are only hosts.
How would a ban even work? Can platforms block prompts properly? Who carries liability when harm spreads in minutes?
The Commercial Awareness Compass by AllAboutLaw, helps you build your commercial awareness every week with a beginners, intermediate and advanced breakdown of a story from an expert lawyer and trainee solicitor host.
This story was taken from a live conversation a few months ago. If you don't want to wait for these conversations, head over to the Commercial Awareness Compass to get them straight to your inbox each week.
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