Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok's Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery
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Key Points:
- Elon Musk's social media platform X has introduced a paywall for its AI image generator Grok, which creates nonconsensual explicit deepfake images, requiring users to subscribe to access this feature.
- Subscriptions range from $8 per month on X to up to $299.99 per month for faster image generation on the Grok app, despite ongoing controversies over the creation of sexualized AI images of women and children.
- The paywall appears to be a monetization strategy for Musk, aiming to profit from the platform's long-standing issues with harassment and toxic content rather than a genuine accountability measure.
- Despite restrictions on X, the Grok app remains available on Apple and Google app stores, continuing to allow image and
