Elon Musk has issued a warning against anyone who plans on using Grok to generate illegal content on X.The world's richest man took to his own microblogging platform to retweet a user's claims that Grok, the AI image generator, has been generating inappropriate images."Some people are saying Grok is creating inappropriate images. But that’s like blaming a pen for writing something bad. A pen doesn’t decide what gets written. The person holding it does. Grok works the same way. What you get depends a lot on what you put in. Think about it!" the user wrote.Elon Musk wrote, in response:"Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content."He doubled down on his claims in another post that read:"We’re not kidding."The controversy surrounding Elon Musk and Grok explored:In recent weeks, Grok has been the subject of intense backlash after reports emerged that it was producing inappropriate images of real individuals, some of whom were minors. The UK’s Minister for Victims & Violence Against Women and Girls, Alex Davies-Jones, took to X to call on Elon Musk in a statement:"Elon Musk, if you care so much about women, why are you allowing X users to exploit them? Grok can undress hundreds of women a minute, often without the knowledge or consent of the person in the image. We’re making the creation of unconsensual intimate images illegal in the UK."Grok has since issued a statement that addresses this issue:"We appreciate you raising this. As noted, we've identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them—CSAM is illegal and prohibited. For formal reports, use FBI tips.fbi.gov or NCMEC's CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org. xAI is committed to preventing such issues."As of this writing, however, it is unclear if the response came directly from Grok's parent company, xAI, or was AI-generated.Elon Musk, who has been making headlines recently after reports emerged that he was on his way to becoming the world's first trillionaire, stirred controversy in December when he claimed that AI and robotics would eradicate poverty."There will be no poverty in the future, and so no need to save money," he wrote at the time, per Business Insider.He also said that by then, work will be akin to playing a video game or a hobby. Such a scenario, he said, "kind of sounds like heaven.""Everyone has abundance," Musk told comedian Joe Rogan on his podcast in October. "Everyone has excellent medical care. Everyone has whatever goods and services they want."Stay tuned to SoapCentral for more.