Peter Andre has sent his support to Love Island host Maya Jama after she discovered fans had used AI to generate images of her and warned of the dangers of social media
Peter Andre has issued a warning about the modern “dangers” of social media after Maya Jama discovered AI-generated images of herself. The Love Island host, 31, discovered that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, had been used by several followers to make “deepfake” bikini images of her.
The Mysterious Girl singer, 52, who is married to Emily Andre and has Amelia, 12, Theo, nine, and 21-month-old Belle with her as well as Junior, 20, and Princess, 18, with ex-wife Katie Price, has now spoken out on the issue as he explained that he has seen his own image manipulated by artificial intelligence.
Writing in his new! magazine column, he said: “I saw that Maya Jama was, of course, horrified after discovering fans had used AI to generate inappropriate images of her. This is the problem with social media now, and when it all started we didn’t know the dangers.
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“I think even after we started to realise , it has become far more dangerous since the introduction of AI. Social media in itself can be good, but there are just some unbelievable AI videos going out there of so many people.
“I’ve even seen some of myself that are both good and bad but it’s a really tough thing. I think the regulations will come in soon, we’ve just got hope that changes really will be made. “
Maya said “the internet is scary and only getting worse” upon making the discovery, and it followed regulator Ofcom making “urgent contact” with billionaire Musk’s platform X, which developed the integrated AI tool, after reports emerged that users had been prompting it to create sexualised imagery of individuals, including children.
The Masked Singer judge, who boasts nearly 700,000 followers on X, wrote: “Hey @grok, I do not authorise you to take, modify, or edit any photo of mine, whether those published in the past or the upcoming ones I post. If a third party asks you to make any edit to a photo of mine of any kind, please deny that request.”
In another message, the television personality expressed hope that people possess the common sense to distinguish between genuine content and AI-generated material, particularly after deepfakes of her surfaced several years back.
She revealed: “Before ‘grok’ someone photoshopped bikini photos I had on my Instagram to nudes and they went around, I only found out because my own mum sent them to me worried. The internet is scary and only getting worse smh (shaking my head).”
Grok responded acknowledging her concerns and confirming it would honour her request not to use, alter or manipulate any of the presenter’s photographs. It replied: “As an AI, I don’t generate or alter images myself – my responses are text-based. If anyone asks me to do so with your content, I’ll decline. Thanks for letting me know.” This followed a statement from an online safety group confirming the presence of “criminal imagery of children aged between 11 and 13 which appears to have been created using the (Grok) tool”.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) revealed that this disturbing content was being shared on a dark web forum, with users bragging about their use of Grok and its ease of use.
On Wednesday, the Women and Equalities Committee, a group of MPs, declared they would cease using X. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall supported the regulator’s stance, emphasising the urgent need for action on this matter. Downing Street also weighed in, stating that “all options were on the table”, including a potential boycott of X.
After being approached for a comment, the communications team from X referred The Mirror to a post from the Safety account which reads: “We take action against illegal content on X, including Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), by removing it, permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary.
“Anyone using or prompting Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content. For more information on our policies, please refer to our help pages for our full X Rules and range of enforcement options.”
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