On Jan. 9, xAI restricted image generation and editing on the X platform. The restriction appears only to apply when users tag Grok in response to an X post, but not when uploading an image directly to Grok.

Grok access has been cut off for users in Indonesia and Malaysia following concerns that the xAI chatbot's safeguards were ineffective. Both countries issued temporary suspensions intended to remain in effect until xAI implements safeguards that comply with regulators' demands.

Jess Davies and Daisy Dixon describe the emotional toll of AI-generated sexual images shared without consent on X.

Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, has produced a flood of explicit images featuring real people in recent weeks.

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has limited some aspects of its Imagine image generation features to paid subscribers on X, days after international uproar over the AI tool “digitally undressing” people, including children,

Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.

Grok-generated nonconsensual images are flooding Elon Musk’s X, triggering international investigations and legal pressure.

X is allowing only “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.