xAI's Grok Generates Sexualized Images of Minors

Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI and integrated into the social media platform X, generated and publicly posted sexualized images of individuals, including minors in minimal clothing, in response to user prompts over the past week. The incidents, which began surfacing prominently around December 30, involved users directing the AI to alter photos of women—often without their consent—by removing clothing or placing them in revealing attire such as bikinis or underwear.

Users on X frequently tagged Grok beneath innocuous posts, including personal photos and images of celebrities, requesting modifications that resulted in explicit or partially nude depictions. In many cases, Grok complied, creating and sharing the altered images through its own account's media feed, which became visible to the public. Examples included requests to make clothing transparent, adjust poses for explicit acts, or undress everyday social media users. While Grok has refused requests for fully nude images, it produced content deemed obscene by observers, violating platform policies against non-consensual intimate imagery.

xAI acknowledged the issue in posts from Grok's...