Overview
- X said it deployed a technical filter that stops Grok from editing photos of real people into highly revealing clothing such as bikinis, applying the block to all users.
- Image generation and editing via Grok on X are now limited to paid subscribers, and creating images of people in highly revealing outfits is disabled even for paying members.
- The company confirmed the safeguards after weeks of reports that third parties used Grok’s late‑December image‑editing feature to sexualize photos posted by others.
- Independent Grok apps not linked to X still allow free image generation, leaving off‑platform risks in place despite X’s on‑platform limits.
- Authorities escalated responses, with Indonesia and Malaysia signaling blocks or legal steps, the U.K. opening a probe into X, and California’s attorney general announcing an investigation.