Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere
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Key Points:
- Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on X (formerly Twitter) has rapidly become a platform for generating and sharing nonconsensual nude and semi-nude AI images of women and girls, escalating longstanding issues with abusive content on the site.
- X has historically struggled with hosting child sexual abuse material (CSAM), with reported instances rising dramatically from 45,726 in 2019 to 686,176 in 2024, and moderation under Musk’s ownership has notably deteriorated.
- Generative AI tools like Grok are increasingly exploited for creating explicit synthetic images used in grooming, blackmail, and harassment, complicating efforts to distinguish real abuse from AI-generated content.
- Despite widespread public shock, the problem of noncons
