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The Grok app on an iPhone, against the backdrop of search results displayed on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on a laptop, in London. The Prime Minister has said X need to “get their act together” amid concerns about the creation of sexualised images of adults and children by AI embedded on the social media site. Sir Keir Starmer said he backed Ofcom, which is looking into X and xAI – the firm founded by Elon Musk which created Grok – to take action against the site, and that he had asked for “all options to be on the table”. It comes as a former minister urged the Government and the Labour Party to stop using the site entirely. Users of X appear to have prompted its artificial intelligence Grok, which is integrated into the platform, to generate deepfake images of children “in minimal clothing”. Picture date: Thursday January 8, 2026. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)

British regulator Ofcom opens investigation into X

The UK body said it is not a government censor, and the inquiry will determine whether X is facilitating the spread of nonconsensual deepfake pornography of adults…
Billionaire Elon Musk, then-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), holds a chainsaw as he speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Dem report concludes Department of Government Efficiency violates cybersecurity, privacy rules

DOGE is “bypassing cybersecurity protections” at three agencies, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Democrats concluded.
Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought on Jan. 15. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Sen. Hassan wants to hear from SpaceX about scammers abusing Starlink

It’s time for SpaceX to take strong action against scammers abusing the company’s Starlink internet service, Sen. Maggie Hassan said in a letter to CEO Elon Musk…
This photograph taken on January 13, 2025 in Toulouse shows screens displaying the logo of Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, the American company specializing in artificial intelligence and it’s founder South African businessman Elon Musk. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

Why skipping security prompting on Grok’s newest model is a huge mistake

An AI red-teaming company found that xAI’s Grok 4 is “not suitable for enterprises” without substantial security prompting. 
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Federal workers and their supporters gather outside OPM on Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C., to protest Elon Musk and DOGE’s takeover of federal systems. (Scoop News Group photo by Madison Alder)

Lawmakers fear Elon Musk, DOGE not adhering to privacy rules

House members say Musk’s organization is “running roughshod” over security and privacy standards, and senators worry about access to classified information.
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