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On a recent Saturday afternoon, Kendall Mayes was mindlessly scrolling on X when she noticed an unsettling trend surface on her feed. Users were prompting Grok, the platform’s built-in AI feature, to ...

Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some ...

Elon Musk’s X has bowed to pressure and will stop the Grok image tool from editing photos of real people in revealing clothing following backlash around the world. X last night said that it has ...

Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal. By Ali Watkins The social media platform X ...

XAI logo dislpayed on a screen and Grok account on X displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in London, Great Britain on July 9, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Elon Musk said Wednesday he was unaware of any “naked underage images” being generated by xAI’s Grok chatbot, as scrutiny ...

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The global outcry over the sexualisation and nudification of photographs – including of children – by Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, has led to urgent ...

Grok's image generation restricted to paid subscribers after backlash Standalone Grok app and tab on X still allow image generation without subscription European lawmakers have urged legal action over ...

Elon Musk’s controversial Grok artificial intelligence model appears to have been restricted in part on one app, while remaining largely unchanged on another. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...