Overview
- From Friday morning, Grok replies that image generation and editing are restricted to subscribers, linking users to X’s paid plan, with no separate corporate statement from X or Elon Musk.
- Independent analysis by AI Forensics of public activity between December 25 and January 1 found over half of Grok’s outputs were sexualized depictions of women, with a small share appearing to portray people the AI assessed as under 18.
- The European Commission directed X to retain Grok-related internal documents through 2026 as part of Digital Services Act scrutiny; a Commission spokesperson labeled the content illegal and unacceptable.
- The Paris public prosecutor broadened an existing case to include suspected creation and distribution of sexualized depictions of children via Grok, while UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the images and Ofcom sought an urgent response from X.
- Reporting indicates Musk resisted internal limits on Grok and three senior xAI staff resigned, and outlets noted paying users can still request such images while many previously generated posts remain visible.