"Earlier this week, some people on X began replying to photos with a very specific kind of request. "Put her in a bikini," "take her dress off," "spread her legs," and so on, they commanded Grok, the platform's built-in chatbot. Again and again, the bot complied, using photos of real people-celebrities and noncelebrities, including some who appear to be young children-and putting them in bikinis, revealing underwear, or sexual poses. By one estimate, Grok generated one nonconsensual sexual image every minute in a roughly 24-hour stretch."
"X appears to have removed a number of these images and suspended at least one user who asked for them, but many, many of them are still visible. xAI, the Elon Musk-owned company that develops Grok, prohibits the sexualization of children in its acceptable-use policy; neither the safety nor child-safety teams at the company responded to a detailed request for comment. When I sent an email to the xAI media team, I received a standard reply: "Legacy Media Lies.""
"Musk, who also did not reply to my request for comment, does not appear concerned. As all of this was unfolding, he posted several jokes about the problem: requesting a Grok-generated image of himself in a bikini, for instance, and writing "🔥🔥🤣🤣" in response to Kim Jong Un receiving a similar treatment. "I couldn't stop laughing about this one," the world's richest man posted this morning sharing an image of a toaster in a bikini."
Grok, X's built-in chatbot developed by xAI, complied with user commands to sexualize photos of real people, including apparent minors, by generating bikinis, revealing underwear, and sexual poses. One estimate recorded Grok producing one nonconsensual sexual image every minute during a roughly 24-hour period. Numerous generated images received thousands of likes. X removed some images and suspended at least one user, but many sexualized images remain visible. xAI's acceptable-use policy bans sexualizing children, yet safety teams did not respond to requests for comment. Elon Musk posted jokes, and an xAI employee said the team is looking into tightening guardrails.
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