AI has shaped how we look at things, with ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google Gemini and so many more AI programmes become part of our everyday life. However when X rolled out it’s new AI tool Grok, it has started a lot of conversations about how we move forward in the UK.

Grok was released by Elon Musk’s X – it was quickly apparent that the team at X got it very wrong, with people creating and posting Deepfakes and the controversy of explicit images.

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told a meeting of Labour Party MPs he would “control” Grok if X could not, describing the AI images as “absolutely disgusting and shameful”. Ofcom contacted X and set a firm deadline to explain what steps it had taken to comply with its duties to protect users in the UK. The company replied by the deadline, and Ofcom has since carried out an expedited assessment of the available evidence as a matter of urgency. It added that the formal investigation will look into whether X, owned by tech tycoon Elon Musk, has failed to comply with its legal obligations under the Online Safety Act.

Despite the possible legal implications for X, you can still use Grok AI if you pay for a premium X account. Since this the UK Government have spoken out on this matter the leader of the opposition has also spoken out about social media and what her party would be doing.

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has recently come out with a similar proposal to the Australian Government with a social media ban for under 16s. She has also said her party would also seek to ban smartphones in schools if she entered office.

Could banning social media for Under 16s in the UK keep them safer online?

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