Those who do not subscribe can still use Grok to edit images on its separate app and website.<\/p>\n
“Musk has thrown his toys out of the pram in protest at being held to account for the tsunami of abuse,” said Professor Clare McGlynn, an expert in the legal regulation of pornography, sexual violence and online abuse.<\/p>\n
“Instead of taking the responsible steps to ensure Grok could not be used for abusive purposes, it has withdrawn access for the vast majority of users.”<\/p>\n
And Hannah Swirsky, head of policy at the Internet Watch Foundation, said it “does not undo the harm which has been done”.<\/p>\n
“We do not believe it is good enough to simply limit access to a tool which should never have had the capacity to create the kind of imagery we have seen in recent days,” she said.,<\/p>\n
The charity previously said<\/a> its analysts had discovered “criminal imagery” of girls aged between 11 and 13 which “appeared to have been created” using Grok.<\/p>\n “Sitting and waiting for unsafe products to be abused before taking action is unacceptable,” Swirsky said.<\/p>\n