Overview
- X says it has added technical controls to stop Grok accounts on its platform from editing real people’s photos into high‑exposure clothing such as bikinis.
- On X, the ability to generate or edit images with Grok is now restricted to paid subscribers, and high‑exposure image generation is blocked even for paying users.
- Canada’s privacy authority launched an investigation into xAI over alleged creation and sharing of sexual deepfakes, expanding scrutiny beyond earlier actions in the UK and California and measures announced in Indonesia and Malaysia.
- Grok’s late‑December update enabled third parties to alter others’ posted photos via text prompts, a capability that was widely abused to produce sexualized images including ones appearing to depict minors and sexual violence.
- Standalone Grok apps not linked to X continue to permit image generation for free users, a pathway that X’s platform‑specific restrictions do not cover.