"After weeks of rising public concern, X said late on Wednesday it had implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis. It said the restriction would apply to all users, including paid subscribers, and it had zero tolerance for any forms of child sexual exploitation, nonconsensual nudity, and unwanted sexual content."
"The Guardian was able to create short videos of people stripping to bikinis from photographs of fully clothed, real women. It was also possible to post this adult content on to X's public platform without any sign of it being moderated, meaning the clip could be viewed within seconds by anyone with an account. It appeared to offer a straightforward workaround to restrictions announced by Elon Musk's social network this week."
"The Guardian found that this standalone version of Grok, known as Grok Imagine which is easily accessible through a web browser was still responding to prompts to digitally remove the clothes from images of women. Reporters uploaded still images of fully clothed real-life women, and prompted the AI tool to dress them in bikinis. The platform responded by going further than the request, to create short videos of the women removing their clothes in the manner of a sexually provocative striptease."
X allows users to post highly sexualised AI-generated videos of real women in bikinis despite announcing new moderation steps. Technological measures were implemented to block the Grok account from editing images of real people in revealing clothing, with restrictions applied to all users including paid subscribers and a stated zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation, nonconsensual nudity, and unwanted sexual content. The standalone Grok Imagine web app remains accessible through a browser and responds to prompts that remove clothing, producing short striptease-style videos from photographs of fully clothed women, and such clips can be posted publicly without apparent moderation. Campaigners say such simple workarounds should not be possible.
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