National, Jan 2: Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has written to Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, raising alarm over what she described as a disturbing pattern of misuse of the AI feature Grok on social media platform X to harass and sexualise women.
In her letter dated January 1, 2026, Chaturvedi said men were using fake accounts to upload photographs of women and generate prompts asking Grok to minimise their clothing and sexualise their appearance. She added that the misuse was not confined to fake profiles alone, but also targeted women who post their own photographs on the platform.
“This is unacceptable and a gross misuse of an AI function,” Chaturvedi wrote, alleging that the AI tool was effectively enabling such behaviour by responding to these prompts. She said this constituted a violation of women’s right to privacy and amounted to the unauthorised use of their images, describing it as unethical and “also criminal”.
Writing in her capacity as a member of the Standing Committee on Information Technology and Communication, the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader urged the minister to take up the matter firmly with X and ensure that robust safeguards are built into AI applications to make digital platforms safer for women.
“Our country cannot be a bystander to women’s dignity being violated publicly and digitally with zero consequences under the garb of creativity and innovation,” she said, stressing that such prompts should not be condoned.
Chaturvedi also cautioned that similar patterns of misuse were emerging on other major technology platforms and were going largely unchecked. Calling for urgent intervention, she said India must prioritise protecting women from becoming victims of what she termed “openly criminal practices” that silence and push them out of online spaces.
While acknowledging the potential of artificial intelligence to make lives easier, she emphasised that the government must ensure technological innovation does not facilitate the spread of demeaning acts against women. She expressed hope that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology would engage with big tech companies to put stronger safeguards in place.
