Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 4,09 Jan 2026,45 mins

Calls to ban Elon Musk’s Grok AI tool over sexual images

The World Tonight

Available for over a year

Some people have used Grok to create sexualised images of children and women, and Downing Street has today accused social media site X, which runs the AI tool, of "insulting the victims of misogyny and sexual violence" with its response to criticism. The company said it has now limited the use of this image function to those who pay a monthly fee. We hear from the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children who claims the AI tool was used to create sexual images of her as a child. Also on the programme: President Trump warns Iran’s regime against violently suppressing protests; NASA astronauts forced to return home due to medical issue on board the International Space Station.

Programme Website
More episodes