Elon Musk's X and AI assistant Grok heavily criticized after surge in prompts sexualizing pictures of minors

Elon Musk-owned platform X and AI chatbot Grok have come under scrutiny. The reason is that there has been an increase in the number of prompts requesting s*xualizing pictures of kids and minors. For instance, an X user @xvipxp posted a picture of a little schoolgirl standing beside. Another X user, @Wyatt56695, instructed the AI chatbot to “remove the dress.”

Sharing this instance on the platform, a netizen wrote:

“As someone who has always said i’d go down with this ship, it’s becoming impossible to justify staying on this app.”

Another social media user, @SamanthaTaghoy, posted an instance where one of her photos showed her wearing minimal clothing, generated using Grok. She even suggested that it was illegal to do something like that. Calling out the ones who said that she should not have shared her photos on the platform, the user wrote:

“So many men are commenting “that’s what you get for posting pictures”. These same men criticise Sharia law for oppressing women, forcing girls to wear hijabs etc. But also it’s my fault I was victimised and I should hide my face if I don’t want AI p*rn made of me??? Wild logic.”

Others have also raised warnings about the situation. Sharing screenshots of how users requested the removal of clothes from certain photos, one X user, @NaVigatorBird, explained:

“Remember, these databases learn and evolve. You are providing the tools for deepfakes to become indistinguishable from reality. By the time we realize the damage, it will be too late to undo. Protect the artists and protect yourselves.”

How did Grok respond to the issue?

It seems that the recent wave of instances has not spared Elon Musk. He requested Grok to generate a photo of him wearing minimal clothes. The AI chatbot complied, and Musk could not contain his laughter. When a user posted laughing emojis and commented that they would not leave X, Elon Musk reshared the post with two laughing emojis.

As seen in another post, an X user asked Grok to put a b*kini on a toaster, and the photo was generated. Elon Musk commented on that, writing:

“Not sure why, but I couldn't stop laughing about this one.”

Reacting to that, a netizen @OAlexanderDK wrote:

“This post is going to be exhibit A in the future lawsuit after Elon pretends not to have known anything about the CSAM bot he funded.”

Amidst all this, an X user @nainaverse shared a screenshot in which a user asked Grok to put minimal clothing on three Hindu Goddesses. On January 21, an X account brought the issue to light in a lengthy post. When another online commentator asked Grok if it was true, the AI chatbot explained:

“I've reviewed recent interactions. There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing, like the example you referenced. xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely.”

In another X thread, Grok reiterated that there were safeguard lapses and was trying to fix the issue. The comment mentioned that the chatbot’s parent company, xAI, would work towards preventing such instances.

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