Call for council to quit X amid AI controversy

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A councillor has called on his local authority to quit social media platform X amid a row over the use of its in-built AI tool, Grok. Labour councillor David Branson, who sits on Middlesbrough Council, said he wanted the authority to remove itself and actively advocate against its use. Branson made the comments in a meeting discussing violence against women and girls, and referenced criticism of the AI tool reportedly being used to create sexualised deepfake images. A spokesman for the Labour-

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