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Kate Garraway Condemns 'Awful' AI Hoax as X Limits Grok and Ofcom Opens Probe

She describes months of false rumours from doctored images that unsettled her family.

Overview

  • Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Garraway said an AI-created photo of her with an unknown man sparked a year of false speculation about a relationship.
  • The images surfaced mainly on Facebook via fake accounts, and she first learned of them when strangers congratulated her in public.
  • She said bot-operated sites posing as news outlets later invented stories involving her teenage son, which she feared teachers and friends might believe.
  • Garraway also called out the hoax on Instagram, saying it was hurtful to her children and urging people to rely on trusted journalism.
  • X announced new restrictions on its Grok chatbot to block sexualised image generation and confine image editing and creation to premium users, and Ofcom confirmed a probe and welcomed the limits while other GMB guests detailed deepfake harms.