Forget Greenland! Now Tr*mp is threatening the UK for banning Elon Musk’s non-consensual AI porn

Greenland can let out a sight of relief. For now. Because the US has turned its sights towards the UK, threatening it for standing up to Elon Musk’s non-consensual AI porn.

Over the holidays, the mercurial billionaire’s chatbot started flooding X with sexualized images of women and children. It was publishing the disturbing photos at lightning speed: a WIRED investigation found that Grok produced 90 images of women in bikinis and various stages of undress within five minutes.

While the unwilling subjects aren’t technically nude, their clothes are often stripped and suggestive. To circumvent guardrails, users have requested that Grok show women wearing garments like “string bikinis” and “transparent bikinis,” per WIRED.

Harmful and p*rnographic image distribution has long been a concern with AI. But Grok elevates the problem to unforeseen levels. The program doesn’t charge users to create the perverted images, and then shares them on X, where millions of people can view them.

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Though U.S. regulators are abdicating their duties, other countries are taking action. This week, Malaysia and Indonesia became the first countries to block Grok over the explicit images.

Meanwhile, Musk is facing investigation in the U.K. Authorities announced Monday they will begin “aggressively enforcing” a law that deems it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images.

The British regulator, Ofcom, is starting a formal inquiry into whether X violated the country’s online safety laws. If X is have found to have broken the law, and refuses to comply, the government has the power to prevent advertisers and payment providers from working with the company.

Musk, for his part, is being characteristically defiant. In response to the uproar, he created a feature that only allows premium users on X to create images with Grok, monetizing the disgusting practice.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer lambasted the change as insulting to victims. It “simply turns an AI feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service,” added a spokesperson.

The world’s richest man responded by posting an AI-generated image of Starmer in a bikini. For the sake of your eyes, and our collective sanity, we will not be linking.

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U.S. response

Seemingly unconcerned with AI-generated revenge and kiddie p*rn, the U.S. State Department responded caustically to news of Britain’s inquiry.

“I would say from America’s perspective, nothing is off the table when it comes to free speech,” said a State Department official. “Let’s wait and see what Ofcom does and we’ll see what America does in response.”

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, says she’s drafting legislation to sanction the U.K. if X is banned in the country.

Despite a dramatic falling out with the president last year, Musk appears to be back in his good graces. The two were spotted dining this month at Mar-a-Lago.

The A.I. p*rn president

With billions of dollars in backing from tech oligarchs, the Tr*mp administration has accelerated AI investment. “The president has backed policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered,” writes the New York Times.

Tantalized by eye-popping investment totals, Tr*mp and his team has dismissed founded concern about AI eliminating jobs and upending the social contract. To show his might, Tr*mp issued an executive order last month seeking to curtail state guardrails on the all-encompassing technology.

Once promised as a benevolent technology that could cure cancer, AI use now largely centers around slop. P*rnography is a natural extension of that: ChatGPT’s “Adult Mode” is coming in 2026.

Already, AI is upending the adult entertainment industry, according to The Economist.

Still, those who operate p*rn sites are probably pleased with the current administration. Officials are pressuring big banks to relax long-standing limitations on serving p*rn sites.

Last week, it was reported that over half of U.S. visas typically saved for musicians and movie actors are now granted to OF models and creators.

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