Liz Kendall’s response to X ‘nudification’ is good – but not enough to solve the problem | Nana Nwachukwu

Liz Kendall’s response to X ‘nudification’ is good – but not enough to solve the problem | Nana Nwachukwu

Big tech companies cannot be trusted. It is not enough that they remove harm when they find it – the law must make their systems prevent harm On X, a woman posts a photo in a sari, and within minutes, various users are underneath the post tagging Grok to strip her down to a bikini. It is a shocking violation of privacy, but now a familiar and commonplace practice . Between June 2025 and January 2026, I documented 565 instances of users requesting Grok to create nonconsensual intimate imagery. Of these, 389 were requested in just one day. Last Friday, after a backlash against the platform’s ability to create such nonconsensual sexual images, X announced that Grok’s AI image generation feature would only be available to subscribers. Reports suggest that the bot now no longer responds to prompts to generate images of women in bikinis (although apparently will still do so for requests about men). Nana Nwachukwu is an AI governance expert and a PhD researcher at Trinity College Dublin Continue reading...

Carney in China - Canadian PM arrives in Beijing for trade talks amid pivot to strengthen diplomatic relations

Carney in China - Canadian PM arrives in Beijing for trade talks amid pivot to strengthen diplomatic relations

"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a critical three-day visit to strengthen trade and bilateral relations with China. Footage shows Carney's aeroplane arriving in China's capital. The prime minister can also be seen being greeted by several Chinese officials and entering a vehicle before the official convoy leaves the area. The prime minister's visit comes as Canada seeks to expand into Chinese markets after strained relations with the US over President Donald Trump's tariffs, which include 35 percent general levies on most non-compliant imports, 50 percent on steel and aluminum, and a range of other sector-specific duties. In November, Carney held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Gyeongju as the North American country sought to reset relations. Canada-China relations hit rock bottom in 2018 under Justin Trudeau's government, when authorities detained a senior executive in Huawei, under a US extradition agreement. Beijing charged two Canadians with spying."