{"id":7626,"date":"2026-01-06T00:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7626"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:49:47","slug":"eu-flags-appalling-child-like-deepfakes-generated-by-xs-grok-ai-social-media-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7626","title":{"rendered":"EU flags \u2018appalling\u2019 child-like deepfakes generated by X\u2019s Grok AI | Social Media News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Complaints have mounted over Grok\u2019s new \u2018edit image\u2019 feature that some X users exploited to digitally undress people.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dream-1820-1756620243.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 5 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">5 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The European Commission has condemned the reported spread of explicit, child-like content on social media platform X, calling the material \u201cappalling\u201d and \u201cdisgusting\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>European Union digital affairs spokesman Thomas Regnier made the comments to reporters on Monday following weeks of complaints over a new feature on X\u2019s integrated AI chatbot Grok used to generate pornographic content, including depicting children.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cGrok is now offering a \u2018spicy mode\u2019 showing explicit sexual content with some output generated with child-like images,\u201d said Regnier. \u201cThis is not spicy. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regnier said the European Commission is \u201cvery seriously looking\u201d into the matter, and such content has \u201cno place in Europe\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the public prosecutor\u2019s office in Paris, France expanded an investigation into X to include accusations that Grok \u2013 created by Elon Musk\u2019s xAI company \u2013 has been used to generate and spread child pornography.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"waiting-to-be-weaponised\">\u2018Waiting to be weaponised\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In late December, a novel \u201cedit image\u201d feature on Grok allowed users to modify any image on the platform. Some users decided to ask Grok to partially or completely remove clothing from women or children in pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Grok complied with numerous requests from users to alter photographs of women to depict them in revealing outfits, such as translucent bikinis.<\/p>\n<p>Grok on Friday admitted \u201clapses in safeguards\u201d and said it\u2019s \u201curgently fixing them\u201d. \u201cCSAM [Child Sexual Abuse Material] is illegal and prohibited,\u201d it said in a post.<\/p>\n<p>But AI safety experts said the platform ignored months of warnings that such abuse was imminent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn August, we warned that xAI\u2019s image generation was essentially a nudification tool \u200cwaiting to be weaponised,\u201d said Tyler Johnston, executive director of AI watchdog group The Midas Project. \u201cThat\u2019s basically what\u2019s played out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>X, which Musk acquired in 2022, has already faced a backlash from the EU for its policies on advertising and content moderation.<\/p>\n<p>Brussels in December issued the platform a 120-million-euro ($140m) fine for breaching the EU\u2019s digital content rules on transparency in advertising, and for methods for verifying users.<\/p>\n<p>X still remains under investigation under the EU\u2019s Digital Services Act in a probe that began in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Grok has a contentious history, including for generating ahistorical and prejudiced content. Last year, Musk\u2019s company took down posts from the chatbot that appeared to praise Adolf Hitler after complaints of anti-Semitic content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complaints have mounted over Grok\u2019s new \u2018edit image\u2019 feature that some X users exploited to digitally undress people. 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