Elon Musk bows to pressure over Grok creating sexualised AI images
Financial Times • • general
Key Points:
- Elon Musk faced backlash after users exploited his Grok AI model to create and share sexualized deepfake images of women and children on his X platform and Grok app, prompting concerns over non-consensual intimate imagery.
- The UK government accelerated enforcement of laws criminalizing non-consensual sexual images, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirming that X is acting to block such content and comply with UK online safety regulations.
- Musk initially resisted government pressure, citing free speech and accusing authorities of targeting X unfairly, but later stated Grok would refuse to generate illegal images and claimed no underage naked images had been produced.
- The controversy has prompted investigations by the California attorney general and scrutiny from the European Commission, which warned it would enforce
