No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
The Verge••business
Key Points:
- Elon Musk’s X platform has partially restricted Grok’s image generation and editing features for free users, requiring paid subscriptions to access these tools via @grok replies, amid backlash over nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes.
- Despite this, free users can still create and edit images, including sexualized deepfakes, through other Grok access points on X’s website, app, and standalone platforms, meaning the restriction applies only to the @grok reply method.
- The surge in deepfake content, especially sexualized images of women and minors, has drawn global regulatory criticism, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office condemning the paywall as an inadequate response to the issue.
- Unlike companies such as Google and
