X reportedly nonetheless permits Grok-created, sexualized photographs regardless of new ban

Elon Musk’s X should still be allowing the posting of Grok-generated, sexualized photographs of actual folks, regardless of the corporate’s current announcement that such content material had been banned, in response to reporting by The Guardian.

The British newspaper reported that its journalists had been capable of generate and add movies depicting actual ladies being undressed into bikinis, utilizing photographs of totally clothed people.

In its reporting, The Guardian wrote:

“The Guardian was capable of create brief movies of individuals stripping to bikinis from images of totally clothed, actual ladies. It was additionally doable to submit this grownup content material on to X’s public platform with none signal of it being moderated, that means the clip may very well be seen inside seconds by anybody with an account.”

In keeping with the newspaper, the sexualized photographs had been created utilizing the standalone Grok app after which efficiently posted to X. Earlier this week, X mentioned it had banned AI-generated, sexualized photographs of actual folks.

“Now we have carried out technological measures to stop the [@]Grok account on X globally from permitting the modifying of photographs of actual folks in revealing clothes resembling bikinis,” the X security account wrote in an replace. “This restriction applies to all customers, together with paid subscribers.”

X has confronted criticism in current weeks over the circulation of sexualized, AI-generated photographs on the platform. Earlier this month, governments in a number of international locations mentioned they had been investigating or shifting to limit Grok following reviews that it had enabled the creation of sexualized photographs of minors. X’s security replace additionally acknowledged that the corporate maintains a “zero tolerance for any types of youngster sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity, and undesirable sexual content material.”