New Lara Croft voice actor Alix Wilton Regan has quit Twitter over AI deepfakes made using X’s own Grok tool.
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Elon Musk added AI chatbot Grok to X in 2023 and the tool was upgraded to include image generation the following year. According to several reports, the AI tool has been used to create deep fakes. Last week, Love Island host Maya Jama hit out at the growing trend of AI explicit images being shared on the platform. “The internet is scary & only getting worse,” she explained.
Following backlash, X owner Elon Musk put AI image creation behind a paywall. “We take action against illegal content on X, including Child Sexual Abuse Material by removing it, permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary. Anyone using or prompting Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content,” read a statement from Twitter.
A new UK law is also set to come into force later this week that will finally make AI deepfakes illegal after legislation was drawn up in July 2025 (via the BBC).
Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 3, 2026
However video game voice acting legend Alix Wilton Regan has announced she has quit Twitter over the matter. In a statement shared on her Instagram, she explained she’s deactivated her account and won’t be returning.
“Why did I do it? Because men and boys are creating child pornography, deep fakes of women, violent images against women, girls and other minority groups without any repercussions,” she added. “So, it’s simple: If Elon won’t protect me, my sisters and my friends, then Elon doesn’t get my business or – more accurately – me as part of his business.”
“Many of us feel helpless and hopeless right now. But one easy thing we can all choose is where we spend our time and money. Use your currency wisely.”
Lara Croft’s new VA has deleted her twitter account pic.twitter.com/hP5Iuwg2wp
— ✮⋆˙ (@starrituals) January 13, 2026
Alix Wilton Regan will be taking over from Camilla Luddington as the voice of Lara Croft for this year’s Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis and 2027’s Tomb Raider: Catalyst. “Being revealed as Lara Croft is the absolute highlight of my career to date, and has surpassed even my wildest dreams,” Regan said in an Instagram video shortly after the announcement. “And whilst I still have my very cute Lara Croft plaits in my hair, this Lara Croft just wanted to say, thank you. And get excited, because we’re just getting started.”
She has also starred as Samantha Traynor in Mass Effect 3, the female Inquisitor in Dragon Age: Inquisition and Aya in Assassin’s Creed Origins amongst countless others.
A live-action adaptation of Tomb Raider is currently in the works at Amazon Prime Video with Game Of Thrones’ Sophie Turner set to star as Lara Croft alongside Jason Isaacs and Sigourney Weaver.
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