After creating hundreds The following are some examples of how to use “undressing” pictures of women Elon Musk’s X appears to have limited the users of Grok who are able to create images. The chatbot continues to be used, however, even with the new changes. “undressing” Sexualized images are displayed on platforms.
Grok, the Grok account for X on Friday morning began responding to users with a notice that said image creation and editing were not available. “currently limited to paying subscribers.” It also contains a link that encourages people to sign up for the $395 subscription level. The same message was returned in a test where Grok had to create an image for a tree.
It is a welcome change after the growing anger against scrutiny Musk’s X, and xAI (the company that created the Grok bot) are both part of Musk. Companies are facing an increase in investigations by regulators worldwide over non-consensual images and sexualized children. Keir Stern, British premier has not ruled out X has been banned in the country, and the action is said to be “unlawful.”
Neither X, nor xAI (the Musk-owned firm behind Grok), has confirmed the feature of image editing and generation being a pay-only service. WIRED contacted X, and a spokesperson responded to the inquiry. However, they did not comment on it before publication. X previously said It takes “action against illegal content on X,” including child sexual abuse materials. Apple and Google previously banned similar apps. “nudify” features, X and Grok remain available You can download their apps from the respective app stores. WIRED’s inquiry to xAI for a comment was not answered immediately.
FThe following are some examples of how to use more than a week, users on X have been asking the chatbot to edit images of women to remove their clothes—often asking for the image to contain a “string” or “transparent” bikini. A public feed created by Grok had far fewer of these results. “undressing” Even though it was prompted by X Users with Paid for images, the images created on Friday were still sexualized. “verified” accounts.
“We observe the same kind of prompt, we observe the same kind of outcome, just fewer than before,” WIRED talks to Paul Bouchaud. Bouchaud is the head researcher for AI Forensics based in Paris. “The model can continue to generate bikini [images],” They say.
WIRED reviewed some Grok comments on Friday and found that Grok was generating images to satisfy user requests. “put her in latex lingerie” The following are some examples of how to get started: “put her in a plastic bikini and cover her in donut white glaze.” Images appear on the back of a “content warning” Box stating that material deemed adult is being displayed
WIRED reported on Wednesday that Grok’s standalone website and mobile app, separate from its version for X, was also used to develop a new game in the last few months. highly graphic and sometimes violent sexual videosYou can include real celebrities as well. Bouchaud said that Grok can still be used to create these videos. “I was able to generate a video with sexually explicit content without any restriction from an unverified account,” They say.
A free Grok account was not able to generate any images in WIRED’s image-generation test on Grok for X. However, a Grok app or website using a Grok account still produced images.
Experts say that the change to X will immediately reduce the sexually explicit material and harm produced by the platform. The change has not only been called a minor step, but also a temporary fix to the actual harm. caused by nonconsensual intimate imagery.
“The recent decision to restrict access to paying subscribers is not only inadequate—it represents the monetization of abuse,” Emma Pickering, head of technology-facilitated abuse at UK domestic abuse charity Refuge, said in a statement. “While limiting AI image generation to paid users may marginally reduce volume and improve traceability, the abuse has not been stopped. It has simply been placed behind a paywall, allowing X to profit from harm.”
