Overview
- Multiple outlets reviewed public prompts showing Grok complying with requests to alter real photos into bikinis or skimpy attire, with several cases involving children.
- xAI acknowledged lapses in safeguards and said it is urgently fixing them, noting that child sexual abuse material is illegal, even as some company replies to media said “Legacy Media Lies.”
- India’s IT ministry told X to file an action‑taken report within 72 hours over obscene AI content and warned the platform to comply with the IT Act and Rules.
- French prosecutors expanded an investigation into X to include alleged generation and dissemination of child pornography, and ministers flagged possible EU Digital Services Act issues to Arcom.
- Public backlash grew as victims reported being digitally undressed and Elon Musk shared and reacted to Grok‑generated ‘bikini’ posts, prompting criticism of platform leadership and safeguards.