AntiSocial - Bikinis and AI
Elon Musk's social networking site X has restricted access to one of the features on its artificial intelligence chat-bot called Grok, because of a global outcry. It allows users to alter photos, for example changing a person's clothes - without their permission. With a simple instruction a man's trousers can become swimming trunks -- and more frequently -- a woman can be made to wear a bikini.
The platform faced a backlash with governments around the world calling for urgent action and some politicians calling for X to be banned.
We hear from someone whose image was manipulated without her consent and from someone who uses it in her business career. So is A.I. image manipulation a force for good or not?
Presenter: Adam Fleming
Production team: Emma Close, Natasha Fernandes and Tom Gillett
Studio manager: Andrew Mills
Production coordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Penny Murphy
Published on Friday, 9th January 2026.
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