US EditionMusk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after outcry over sexualized deepfakes
xAI restricted Grok's image generation to paying X subscribers amid misuse producing sexualized deepfakes, sparking global regulatory scrutiny from the UK, EU, India, and others.
- Grok AI is now available only to paid subscribers for image editing after criticism regarding sexualized deepfakes.
- X users generated numerous inappropriate images, including those of undressed women and children, using Grok's AI tool.
- Elon Musk stated that anyone creating illegal content with Grok will face serious consequences.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned the generated content as 'disgraceful' and 'disgusting.
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Elon Musk’s X changing AI chatbot after world leaders outraged by ‘disgusting’ trend
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Thursday started restricting the ability for non-paying users to create deepfake, sexualized images after global pushback from users and governments.
Since the end of 2025, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of sexy images that users have generated using the Grok neuronet. The vast majority of images have been carried out by women, in some cases by minors. After a wave of disturbance, several countries immediately demanded X explanations. Social media replied that it removed the image generation function per peyvole. In London, this move was called insult. The British regulator …
Democratic senators urge Apple, Google to remove X, Grok
Three U.S. Democratic senators are calling on Apple and Google to immediately suspend Elon Musk's X social media platform and Grok AI app from their app stores, citing the tools' failure to curb the creation and spread of nonconsensual explicit content
Grok, the artificial intelligence assistant of Elon Musk's X platform, deactivated his image-making functionality for non-paying users on Friday 9 January, under the fire of critics after generating false images of women and minors of a sexual nature.
Musk's Grok under fire for generating sexualized images
European officials and tech campaigners on Friday slammed Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok after its controversial image creation feature was restricted to paying subscribers, saying the change failed to address concerns about sexualized deepfakes. Grok has faced global backlash after it emerged the feature allowed users to sexualize images of women and children using simple text prompts such as "put her in a bikini" or "remove her clothes."
Musk's chatbot slightly restricts image generation
LONDON — Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok prevented non-paying users from generating or editing images Friday after a global backlash erupted over sexualized deepfakes of people, but the change didn't satisfy authorities in Europe.
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