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Irish watchdog welcomes suspension of processing X posts for AI training

Ireland’s data watchdog has welcomed social media site X’s decision to suspend processing its user posts to train an AI chatbot. The regulator said the site, owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, had agreed to suspend processing posts from May 7 to ...

08 Aug 2024 at 17:42

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Government must decide ‘collectively’ about its use of X – minister

The Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has said the Government would have to make a “decision collectively” about its use of the social media site X. Peter Burke was responding to recent reports that the platform’s AI function, Grok, ...

07 Jan 2026 at 14:04

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Fake sexualised images created through X ‘very serious’ – Irish media watchdog

Reports that social media site X is using AI to create fake sexualised images of people could see parts of the service withdrawn, Ireland’s media watchdog has said. Coimisiun na Mean said it is taking the issue very seriously and is engaging ...

06 Jan 2026 at 18:10

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Gardai would act if Grok-type platform set up in someone’s basement – minister

If a business creating the type of images produced by the AI chatbot Grok had been “set up in someone’s basement” it would have been raided by the Gardai “the next day”, a minister has said. Grok is an AI tool embedded in the social media ...

13 Jan 2026 at 10:34

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Government needs to confirm ‘today’ AI legislation strong enough – Green Party

The Green Party leader has said the Minister for Justice needs to confirm “today” if he feels existing legislation is strong enough to tackle the issue of AI generated child sexual abuse images. Speaking to reporters at Leinster House on ...

13 Jan 2026 at 11:57

National News

Government accused of ‘muted and confusing’ response to Grok abusive images

The Irish Government has been accused of a “muted” and “confusing” response to the generation of abusive images by the social media AI tool Grok. Grok is an AI tool embedded in the social media platform X, and it has come under fire in ...

13 Jan 2026 at 15:54

Grok paywall change ‘window dressing’ and ‘clearly’ not enough – Irish ministers

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Irish media minister deactivates X account following Grok controversy

The move to put Elon Musk’s AI tool, which creates sexualised deepfakes, behind a paywall, is inadequate and does not address concerns, Irish ministers have said. Ireland’s media and AI ministers also said on Friday they had ...

09 Jan 2026 at 17:53

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Gardai and regulators meet to assess legal action over X chatbot images

A series of meetings involving the Government, gardai and regulators are to take place in the next few days to establish what legal action can be taken over sexual images reportedly produced on X. Speaking on RTE’s Today ...

16 Jan 2026 at 11:35

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Irish police investigating 200 reports of Grok child abuse material

There are hundreds of open investigations into content shared on X, a senior Irish police officer has said, amid concerns over potential child sexual abuse material (CSAM) generated on the platform using the artificial ...

14 Jan 2026 at 14:18

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