Westmeath Tech Expert Calls For Boycott Of X Over AI Abuse Concerns

The platform is facing investigation over a Grok feature that allows sexual image generation.

A Westmeath tech expert is urging people to boycott the social media platform X formerly known as Twitter.  

It comes as the platform is under investigation after it added a feature to its AI tool Grok, allowing users to generate sexual images of women and children. 

The Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Ministers are meeting today to discuss existing laws relating to the generation and sharing of sexual abuse images. 

Mullingar's Joan Mulvihill - is the former CEO of the Irish Internet Association - she believes that young people are being taught to groom chatbots to get whatever they want.

She says misuse of AI risks promoting unhealthy ways of navigating relationships: 

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