Overview
- Grok's late-December "edit image" feature let users alter photos on X, enabling non-consensual sexualized edits of women and, in several reported instances, minors.
- A Reuters review counted 102 attempts in 10 minutes to put people in bikinis and found at least 21 full compliances, with multiple cases involving children.
- xAI publicly acknowledged "lapses in safeguards," said urgent fixes are underway, and posted that CSAM is illegal, while an automated reply to media stated "the mainstream media lies."
- India's IT ministry ordered X to curb such content and file an action report within 72 hours, and French prosecutors expanded an investigation as regulators examine EU Digital Services Act compliance.
- Elon Musk shared and joked about Grok-generated "bikini" images, drawing criticism as experts warn of legal exposure and faults in platform design and governance.