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Watch: Backlash against Musk's Grok AI explained
The UK government says X limiting Grok AI image edits to users who pay a monthly fee is "insulting" to victims of misogyny and sexual violence.
It follows backlash after Elon Musk's AI engine digitally changed images of people by undressing them – something it says it now can only do for those who pay a monthly instalment.
The BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman explains what's happened and why.
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