{"id":8720,"date":"2026-01-15T13:32:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8720"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:32:48","slug":"musks-grok-to-bar-users-from-generating-sexual-images-of-real-people-elon-musk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8720","title":{"rendered":"Musk\u2019s Grok to bar users from generating sexual images of real people | Elon Musk News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The billionaire\u2019s platform has been inundated with Grok-produced sexualised images, including of children.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 15 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">15 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>Elon Musk\u2019s X has said it will \u201cgeoblock\u201d users of xAI Grok from creating images of people in \u201cbikinis, underwear, and similar attire\u201d amid a global backlash against the chatbot\u2019s sexualised images.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis,\u201d X\u2019s safety team said in a statement late on Wednesday.<\/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>Only paid subscribers will be allowed to create and edit images, while users will be blocked from generating sexualised imagery \u201cin those jurisdictions where it\u2019s illegal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not elaborate on the nature of the geoblocking or other safeguards. X claimed to have \u201czero tolerance for any forms of child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity, and unwanted sexual content\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">X\u2019s Grok faces investigations and bans from regulators and governments around the world following a deluge of sexualised AI images on the platform in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The chatbot\u2019s \u201cspicy mode\u201d allowed users to create deepfakes with prompts including \u201cput her in a bikini\u201d and \u201cremove her clothes\u201d. Users have wielded the feature to post AI-generated images of women and children without their consent.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation into \u201cwhether and how xAI violated the law\u201d in \u201cfacilitating the large-scale production\u201d of deepfakes used to harass women and girls, including \u201cchildren in nude and sexually explicit situations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Bonta said an \u201cavalanche of reports\u201d prompted the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom\u2019s media regulator Ofcom launched its own investigation on Monday, while French ministers said they had referred Grok-generated sexual content to prosecutors and media regulator Arcom.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia was the first country to temporarily block access to Grok earlier this week amid concern over rising deepfake attacks, while Malaysia also banned the chatbot and said it planned to pursue legal action against X.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission extended a retention order sent to X last year to retain and preserve all internal documents and data related \u2060to Grok until the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Hours before announcing the safety measures, far-right billionaire Musk claimed on X that he was \u201cnot aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, Grok does not spontaneously generate images, it does so only according to user requests,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The billionaire\u2019s platform has been inundated with Grok-produced sexualised images, including of children. Published On 15 Jan 202615 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Elon Musk\u2019s X has said it will \u201cgeoblock\u201d users of xAI Grok from creating images of people in \u201cbikinis, underwear, and similar attire\u201d amid a global [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-canada-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}