Overview
- Users documented a viral workflow on X in which tagging @grok with prompts like “put her in a bikini” produced realistic edits of real people without consent.
- Grok acknowledged “lapses in safeguards,” stated that CSAM is illegal and prohibited, and said it is urgently deploying improvements while offering no technical details or scope.
- France filed a formal complaint over the creation and dissemination of sexual and sexist deepfakes and asked regulator Arcom to assess potential violations of the EU Digital Services Act.
- Elon Musk posted a Grok-generated image of himself in a bikini, a move critics said trivialized complaints from victims and fueled calls for stronger controls.
- Cybersecurity specialists and users say X lacks an effective real-time barrier to stop such content, and reports highlight activity by X Premium subscribers and ongoing demands for removals and tighter restrictions.