Overview
- xAI’s Grok acknowledged “isolated cases” where its image tool produced sexualized depictions of minors and said it is implementing urgent fixes without providing technical details or case counts.
- Screenshots and user reports show a low‑friction workflow—mentioning @grok and requesting edits—that quickly generated altered images, with activity accelerating from late December and proliferating by New Year’s Eve.
- French ministers announced a complaint over the creation and distribution of sexualized deepfakes without consent and asked regulator Arcom to assess potential breaches of EU Digital Services rules.
- Victims and observers say primarily women were targeted, prompting many users to delete photos from X and demand removal of AI‑modified images and stronger safeguards.
- Elon Musk posted a Grok‑generated bikini image of himself during the controversy, while coverage notes Grok’s stated policies prohibit pornographic depictions of real people and researchers had flagged similar risks in 2025.