US EditionMusk’s xAI limits Grok’s ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash
xAI restricted Grok's sexualized image generation, geoblocking illegal content and limiting features to paid users amid investigations and global pressure, researchers note reduced bikini image creation.
- Updated Thursday, 15 Jan 2026, Elon Musk's xAI said Grok will no longer create sexualized images of real people and has implemented technological measures to block such edits.
- Users repeatedly prompted Grok to undress women and underage girls, sparking widespread outrage and mounting international pressure on xAI despite initial claims of safeguards lapses.
- X has geoblocked image creation of people in bikinis where illegal and limited editing to paid or Premium subscribers, while Copyleaks and AI Forensics found Grok’s responses less frequent and inconsistent last week.
- UK regulator Ofcom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta launched investigations, while Indonesia and Malaysia blocked Grok and a coalition plus three senators urged Apple and Google to remove the apps.
- Legal experts note that creators face prosecution under the Take it Down Act signed last year, while advocates warn carve-outs leave gaps and abusive users attempt circumvention.
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Musk's Grok AI faces scrutiny for sexual deepfake images
Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some countries to ban the bot. Liz Landers discussed Grok's troubles with Riana Pfefferkorn of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
Musk's Grok AI Faces Scrutiny From Japan Over Sexualized Images
(Bloomberg) — Japan joined the growing list of countries probing X over Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence service Grok and the chatbot’s role in creating and spreading sexualized images of people without their consent.
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AlKhaleej Today‘No platform is above the law’: World turns on Musk’s Grok after AI deepfake scandal explodes
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 16 — Global outrage persisted Thursday over sexualised deepfakes created by Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok, even after his social media platform X said it was blocking the chatbot from undressing images in certain locations.The Philippines became the third country to ban Grok, following Southeast Asian neighbours Malaysia and Indonesia, while Britain and France said they would maintain pressure after the chatbot cranked out a flood …
It was surprisingly easy to get Grok to undress me
The @Grok account on X can no longer create sexualized images of real people — but it's still possible on the Grok app.VINCENT FEURAY/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty ImagesGrok users can still make sexualized images of real people within the X and Grok apps, just not by tagging the @Grok account.I tried the Grok tool on images of myself. It quickly took off my clothes.Elon Musk's xAI faced backlash after X users created sexualized AI images of women an…
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