Demonstrators led by People Before Profit called for stronger laws to prevent image-based sexual abuse.

She said X informed her that corrective actions have been implemented and that Grok, as integrated on the X platform, has been disabled from removing or reducing clothing on individuals worldwide.

The Communications Minister said robust laws exist as Gardai investigate reports of sexual images produced by X’s chatbot.

On Thursday, X confirmed that it is disabling Grok's ability to undress images of real people, after a global backlash over nude images created of women and children.

The big tech companies have been invited to attend the Oireachtas media committee on February 4th, and Ms Smyth warned, “it is critically important that they present themselves in front of our legislators”.

Garraway recounted how the fake images began nearly a year ago, just after the death of her husband Derek Draper.

Mr Moran told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that the “race for AI development” had to stop, as many AI engines were not moderated.

It was also revealed that 25,000 referrals of potential child sex abuse images were made to gardaí last year

Detective Chief Superintendent Barry Walsh said gardaí remain in contact with the media regulator Coimisiún na Meán.

Members of the force are due to update an Oireachtas committee later on the steps that can be taken to prosecute tech firms that enable nude images.

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has called for criminal investigations into the production of distributions of child abuse images.

IRELAND South MEP Kathleen Funchion has tabled new amendments in the European Parliament aimed at tackling the growing risks posed by unregulated artificial-intelligence (AI) tools and social media platforms, especially for children and young people.

The Green Party leader has urged the Justice Minister to confirm Irish laws are strong enough to tackle AI sex abuse images

James Lawless also said the world has ‘struggled’ to deal with AI advances.

It comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding Elon Musk's Grok bot on X, which has allowed users to publicly undress people in images, including children.

Patrick O’Donovan also cited abuse he has been subjected to through the social media platform ‘over the last number of years’.

This has led to calls for people to step away from the social media platform X, with Minister for Artificial Intelligence Niamh Smyth requesting a meeting with them.

Peter Burke said he would wait for the outcome of investigations before deciding if he would continue to use the social media site.

Mr Byrne introduced the Bill in the Dáil along with Deputy Naoise O’Cearuil last April.

"Ireland's not alone and internationally there is a concern about the adequacy of the mechanisms for holding the platforms to account," Ms Gallagher said.

‘It’s possible that they could end up withdrawing parts of the service,’ John Evans of the Irish media regulator said.