"The move comes after Musk was threatened with fines, regulatory action and reports of a possible ban on X in the UK. The tool had been used to manipulate images of women to remove their clothes and put them in sexualised positions. The function to do so has been switched off except for paying subscribers. Posting on X, Musk's social media network, Grok said: Image generation and editing are currently limited to paying subscribers."
"Research revealed by the Guardian found it had been used to create pornographic videos of women without their consent as well as images of women being shot and killed. Musk is facing the threat of regulatory action from around the world after Grok was used to create nonconsensual sexual imagery. Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, on Wednesday threatened to take strong action against the social media company."
Grok's image creation and editing function has been disabled for the vast majority of users and limited to paying subscribers after widespread misuse to produce sexually explicit and violent imagery. Paying subscribers' personal and credit card details are stored by X, allowing identification if the feature is misused. Investigations found Grok-generated content included pornographic videos of women without consent and images portraying women being shot and killed. The update at the end of December led to thousands of sexualised images of women created without consent over two weeks. UK authorities and the prime minister threatened regulatory action, fines, and a possible ban on X.
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