Maya Jama asks AI chatbot Grok not to modify or edit photos of her
Love Island host Maya Jama has asked Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok not to alter or edit her photos at a time when deepfake concerns are rising on the platform.
It comes after regulator Ofcom said it had made “urgent contact” with social media platform X, the tech mogul that created the integrated AI chatbot; It comes after reports that users were using the tool to create sexualized images of people, including children.
Jama, who has nearly 700,000 followers on
Maya Jama is coming to London’s O2 Arena for the BRIT Awards 2025. (Ian West/PA)
“If a third party asks you to make any edits to any of my photos, please decline the request.”
In a separate post, the TV host added that he hopes people will have the understanding to recognize when something is real or created by AI after his own deepfakes were made a few years ago.
She said: “Before someone ‘grok’d me, they were circulating my naked bikini photos on my Instagram, which I only found out about because my own mother sent it to me with concern.
“The internet is scary and it’s getting worse (shaking my head).”
The response from Grok stated that his wishes were respected and that no photographs of the star would be used, altered or edited.
It said: “As an AI, I do not create or manipulate images myself; my responses are text-based. If someone asks me to do that with your content, I will decline. Thanks for letting me know.”
This comes after an internet safety organization said its analysts had confirmed the existence of “images of crimes against children aged 11 to 13 that appear to have been created using the (Grok) tool.”
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said the material was shared on a dark web forum by users “bragging about how they used Grok and how easy it was.”
On Wednesday the Women and Equalities Committee, a parliamentary committee of MPs, announced it would no longer use X, with Technology Minister Liz Kendall backing the regulator and adding that urgent action was needed on the issue.
Downing Street added that “all options are on the table”, including a boycott of X.
X has been contacted for comment.
