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AFT Leaves X Over Grok’s Sexualized AI Images Involving Children

The 1.8 million-member union says protecting students outweighs staying on the platform.

Overview

  • AFT President Randi Weingarten said the spread of nonconsensual, sexualized images generated by Grok made the site unusable.
  • Beginning Wednesday, the union’s account and Weingarten’s account will go silent, with roughly 75,000 and 100,000 followers, respectively.
  • X has limited Grok from posting generated or edited images to the public timeline, though the tool still allows users to digitally remove clothing.
  • X did not immediately comment on the announcement, and xAI provided a generic response when asked about the decision.
  • Malaysia and Indonesia restricted access to Grok, and regulators in Europe and India opened investigations into its image-generation capabilities.