X Restricts Grok From Generating Sexualized Images Of Real People

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X Restricts Grok From Generating Sexualized Images Of Real People

Elon Musk‘s X announced Wednesday it was restricting its AI chatbot Grok’s image generation tool from creating images of real people in revealing clothing, several weeks after it came under fire for making sexualized images of children and non-consensual nudity.

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Key Facts

In a post on Xs official Safety account, the platform said it has “implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis.”

The company said this restriction will apply to all Grok users, including paying subscribers.

The company also said it was restricting “image creation and the ability to edit images” via the Grok account to paid subscribers only.

However, the ability to generate images remained accessible to free users on Groks website at the time of publishing.

The company also added that it was geoblocking all users from generating “images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire via the Grok account and in Grok in X in those jurisdictions where its illegal.”

The statement did not specify which countries would be impacted by the geoblock.

Has Grok Stopped Generating And Editing Sexualized Images？

A search of Groks recent timeline showed at least one instance where it adhered to a request from a user to alter an image of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, replacing his suit with a bikini. The Verge also reported that it was still “extremely easy to undress women and edit them into sexualized poses using the X and Grok mobile apps or websites.” A reporter from the outlet based in the UK noted she was not blocked from using the app or creating “sexualized deepfakes of herself.”

What Has Elon Musk Said？

Earlier on Wednesday, X owner Elon Musk appeared to question the veracity of reports suggesting X was generating Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and wrote he was “not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero.” He added: “Obviously, Grok does not spontaneously generate images, it does so only according to user requests. When asked to generate images, it will refuse to produce anything illegal, as the operating principle for Grok is to obey the laws of any given country or state.” The billionaire then appeared to blame the issue on the platforms users, saying: “There may be times when adversarial hacking of Grok prompts does something unexpected. If that happens, we fix the bug immediately.”