Prime Minister Keir Starmer has slammed Nigel Farage for defending Elon Musk after a backlash occurred against the tech billionaire’s chatbot Grok from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualized images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool.

Nigel Farage was seen laughing in the House of Commons as his party was attacked by Keir Starmer over their defence of Elon Musk and X.

Vetting of Reform candidates in previous years has been poor, Nigel Farage has admitted. The party leader said he was “enormously angry” about mistakes in vetting in the past, but vowed it will improve for future elections.

Musk responded by calling our government 'fascist'. Nigel Farage, who last summer was claiming that concern for women and children's safety is what motivates his hostility towards immigrants, was appalled at the notion of X being banned and started wanging on about 'free speech'.

It comes as Ofcom announces an investigation into the way X’s AI tool was used to ‘undress’ images of people without consent and sexualise women and children

Elon Musk has said critics of his social media site X are looking for "any excuse for censorship", after its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok drew criticism over its use to create sexualised images of people without their knowledge or consent.

Nigel Farage asks people to vote for him to remain in the I'm A Celebrity jungle. He wants to REMAIN for the first time ever!

There’s no doubting the charisma of its leader, but Reform UK lacks the depth and experience needed to govern – and voters are quickly realising that, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins