UK Member of Parliament Jess Asato lash out after AI image of her in bikini went viral

Asato posted on X explaining that her image had been manipulated and the BBC saw examples of such images in the comments.

However it is not clear if the image, and those posted in reply, had been created using X’s much-criticised AI chatbot Grok.

A spokesperson for X said it was taking action by removing the content, permanently suspending accounts and working with local governments and law enforcement.

Asato said she had also seen the issue on other platforms and was hoping to see the government accelerate plans to ban the tools.

“One of the things that many victims have told me is that they do feel violated and I’ll be honest, while this was not as extreme as any of those examples, it does feel violating,” she told BBC Radio Suffolk’s Wayne Bavin.

“I would never, ever put a picture of me wearing a bikini publicly, I wouldn’t do that, in fact I don’t wear one on the beach even.

“It’s about choice and it’s about consent.

“The people who are doing this want to remove women’s choice and consent over their own image.

“While of course I know it’s AI, viscerally inside it’s very, very realistic and so it’s really difficult to see pictures of me like that.

“Even though I know it’s fake it looks like me.”