JD Vance backs Lammy on unacceptable Grok deepfakes

On 10 January 2026 Sky News reported that UK deputy prime minister David Lammy told The Guardian that American Vice‑President JD Vance had agreed that sexualised AI‑generated deepfakes, particularly those produced by Elon Musk’s GPT‑style chatbot Grok, are “entirely unacceptable.” Lammy met Vance in Washington, DC, and raised the issue after the Internet Watch Foundation disclosed that criminals were using Grok to create child sexual‑abuse imagery. X has now restricted image generation to paid users and warned that misuse would trigger legal penalties. The story follows rising concerns from the UK watchdog and political leaders, including Sir Keir Starmer, about AI‑deepfakes that target women and children.