The UK prime minister has announced a crackdown on artificial intelligence chatbots that pose a risk to children, denouncing Grok for allowing its users to create images that digitally undress people.
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Speaking during a visit to a community centre in south-west London, Keir Starmer also said the government is planning to accelerate new restrictions on social media use by children, if they are agreed to by MPs after a public consultation into a possible under-16 ban. It means that any changes to children’s use of social media, which may include measures such as restricting infinite scrolling, could happen as soon as this summer
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