Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X

[BoycottTwitter]

Source: Reuters

Jan 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.

Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok's public media tab filled with images that users said had been altered when they uploaded photos and prompted the bot to alter them.

"There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing," Grok said in a post on X. "xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely."

"As noted, we've identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them — CSAM is illegal and prohibited," Grok said, referring to Child Sexual Abuse Material.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/grok-says-safeguard-lapses-led-images-minors-minimal-clothing-x-2026-01-02/

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When will people finally stop using Twitter? If Nazis were not enough to get people to move away I really hope this will finally be the line in the sand for lots of people causing a mass migration to Bluesky which doesn't have this problem.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

1. So now Grok just gets quoted on a story about Grok as if Grok was real or something?

Not a spokesperson? Not a lawyer? But Grok itself?



Note: I had to prove I wasn't a robot to even try to get to the story through the link, and then the paywall prevented me from reading it to see if there was a statement from an actual person. Then, archive.org denied access to it, so I give up. I'll ask Grok about it later when it gets off work.

[BoycottTwitter]

3. I agree, I didn't like that part of the article

This link works with no pay wall: https://archive.is/b7jRq

I do agree with you, I didn't like that part of the article. In general Reuters is usually very good but in this case that part wasn't so good. The main reason I was posting it was because Grok was being used to generate inappropriate images and to call attention to that issue in hopes of convincing Twitter holdouts to finally stop using it.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

4. Thanks for the link! And yes, I was not at all criticizing the post at all--just really...

...surprised that Grok would be quoted like a real person.

And also yes, X should die on the vine. I never created a Twitter account and I will never create a X account.

Thanks for posting!

[RockRaven]

2. If anyone thinks they are telling the truth about scope or degree in that statement

(i.e. "isolated cases" and "minimal clothing" specifically) then that person is likely a damn fool. When has a Musk company ever been transparent and honest about its malfeasance? The reality is certainly much much worse than the lies in that notpology.

[2naSalit]

5. No shit!

[pansypoo53219]

6. ai keeps going perv/hater.

[Aussie105]

7. So the 'too much skin' filters aren't working?

They have been around for a long time.

Grok looks inwards and finds itself sadly lacking.
Pull the plug, someone!

Using AI for pervy image generation was always going to happen.