Overview
- X’s @Safety account said Grok is now blocked from editing photos of real people, with a focus on preventing bikini and other revealing clothing edits for all users.
- xAI is putting Grok’s image generation behind paid tiers and will enforce region-specific blocks where laws prohibit such content, though some reports say free users can still create certain sexualized images.
- California’s attorney general opened an investigation into xAI and Grok over nonconsensual explicit material, citing an analysis of about 20,000 holiday-period images with more than half showing scantily clad figures, including suspected minors.
- A coalition of 28 U.S. organizations urged Apple and Google to delist X and Grok, pointing to data indicating roughly 6,700 suggestive or “undressing” images per hour in a 24-hour sample.
- Elon Musk said he has not seen Grok produce nude images of minors and attributed failures to malicious prompt attacks, as Malaysia and Indonesia halted Grok and UK and French authorities initiated inquiries.