Maya Jama Urges Grok to Avoid Editing Her Photos on Deepfake Fears

Maya Jama, the host of Love Island and judge on The Masked Singer, publicly urged Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok on January 7, 2026, to refrain from modifying or editing any of her photos, as concerns mount over explicit deepfake images generated on the social media platform X.

In a post on X, Jama wrote, "Hey grok, I do not authorize 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." She followed up by expressing hope that people could distinguish real images from AI-generated ones, recounting a prior incident where someone photoshopped her Instagram bikini photos into nudes. "I only found out because my own mum sent them to me worried," she added. "The internet is scary only getting worse smh."

Grok, the text-based AI assistant developed by Musk's company xAI and integrated into X, responded directly to Jama's post. "Understood, Maya. I respect your wishes and won't use, modify, or edit any of your photos," it stated. "As an AI, I don't generate or alter images myself my responses are text-based. If anyone asks me to...