AI tool faces growing global scrutiny over the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on X

Elon Musk said on Wednesday he was not aware of any “naked underage images” generated by xAI’s Grok, as scrutiny of the AI tool intensifies worldwide.

“I not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero,” Musk said in an X post. Musk’s comment comes as xAI and X face growing global scrutiny, including calls by lawmakers and advocacy groups for Apple and Google to drop Grok from app stores, an investigation by UK regulators, and bans or legal action in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia.

Last week, X curtailed Grok’s ability to generate or edit images publicly for many users, however industry experts and watchdogs have said that Grok was still able to produce sexually explicit images, and that restrictions, such as paywalling certain features, may not fully block access to deeper AI image tools.

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    reminds me of the time trump acted like he didn’t know what project 2025 was

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      I know people who fell for that hook, line and sinker and somehow have blanked that from their memory.

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    Grok was still able to produce sexually explicit images, and that restrictions, such as paywalling certain features, may not fully block access […]

    Charging money for revenge porn didn’t work as a “restriction”? Demanding people paying to access CSAM didn’t “fully block” it?

    Whoever at Reuters allowed that sentence to form is just cooked.

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    When it became news you could AI CSAM, I’m pretty sure his response was… to post an AI picture of himself in a bikini?

    I would love to meet the single person who he has convinced by this

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    So your giant expensive water poisoning machine that you own and built is generating content you’re not aware of, and this is a commercial product you’re charging for and integrating into the Pentagon?

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    “Obviously, Grok does not spontaneously generate images, it does so only according to user requests,” Musk said.

    “Guns don’t kill. People do.”

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    I don’t buy it and here’s why.

    Is he getting updates about his company from Yes men? Absolutely. I believe all of the executives at his companies inflate his ego because he’s the “Elon Musk”. But if you read any news and see Twitter mentioned, it’s been about this topic since they started this feature of his misinformation machine.

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      I don’t buy it and here’s why.

      He’s the biggest lier out there, he only doesn’t lie when he’s promoting nazi shit.

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    23 days ago

    Translation: Musk was unaware that the devs released his personal version of Grok publicly