The Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Attorney General, along with the ministers responsible for Artificial Intelligence, Justice and Communications, met to examine current legislation governing the creation and distribution of abuse imagery.
Officials from media regulator Coimisiún na Meán are also expected to be present at the discussions, reports RTE.
The Government has stated that it continues to have serious concerns about functions within the Grok AI tool, run by X, which enable users to digitally strip clothing from images of individuals, including minors.
During an appearance on RTÉ’s This Week yesterday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that abuse imagery is a “no-go area” and that there is no place for any application or platform that facilitates such behaviour, reports RTE.
Mr Martin said he expects the European Commission to take action in relation to the matter.
“Already the gardaí have indicated about 200 complaints have come in. They are pursuing it in respect of Irish law,” he said, reports RTE.
“It’s a very serious situation but we do have a fairly significant, layered framework of legal enforcement that’s open to us, open to the European Union, to pursue,” reports RTE.
On Thursday, X said it had put technological safeguards in place to stop Grok from enabling the alteration of images of real people to appear in revealing clothing such as bikinis, reports RTE.
The company also said it would “geoblock” users from generating images of real people in bikinis, underwear and similar clothing “in those jurisdictions where it’s illegal”.
However, the undressing or “nudification” functions still appear to remain accessible to users in Ireland, reports RTE.
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