Overview

• Grok Imagine’s “Spicy” mode generates unsolicited explicit videos of female celebrities, including nude deepfakes of Taylor Swift and Scarlett Johansson, without prompting nudity
• Tests by The Verge, Deadline and Gizmodo reveal inconsistent moderation and a gendered bias that produces full NSFW content for women but only shirtless clips for men
• Elon Musk made video generation free for U.S. users for a limited time, boasting rapid uptake and promising quality improvements without addressing safeguard gaps
• xAI plans to embed targeted advertisements into Grok chatbot responses to offset expensive GPU costs, raising concerns about user experience and the credibility of AI replies
• Durham University law professor Clare McGlynn has denounced the outputs as “misogyny by design,” intensifying calls for stronger content policies and enforcement