Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Nobody knows how to deal with Grandpa Grok?

"For the past week, X has been flooded by complaints from women begging Grok to stop digitally altering their photos to make them appear nude or put them in sexually compromising positions. The anti-Grok backlash started when X users pointed out that Grok had generated AI images of two scantily clad girls who appeared to be underage. On December 28, the Grok account issued a statement apologizing for the 'incident,' referring to it as 'a failure in safeguards' that 'violated ethical standards and potentially US laws on CSAM.' X’s Safety account also issued a statement, saying, 'We take action against illegal content on X, including Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), by removing it, permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary.'

X head Elon Musk, however, has been relatively quiet on the topic. He did reply to a user likening Grok creating inappropriate images to blaming a pen rather than the person holding it for writing something bad. 'Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content,' Musk wrote. (Musk and X did not immediately respond to The Cut’s requests for comment.)"

~ E. J. Dickson

https://www.thecut.com/article/elon-musk-grok-sexual-images-ashley-st-clair.html

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