EU decries Musk’s Grok for illegal sexualised images of kids

THE European Union is taking a "very serious" look at Elon Musk's Grok after the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot generated sexualised images of people including minors on the social media platform X.

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"We are aware of the fact that X or Grok is now offering a 'Spicy Mode' showing explicit sexual content with some output generated with childlike images," commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said at a press conference, referring to a setting that Grok debuted last year to generate suggestive material. "This is not spicy. This is illegal."

Users of X have been prompting Grok to digitally remove clothing from photos - often of women - so the subjects appeared to be wearing only underwear or bikinis. The proliferation of these images on a popular social media platform has alarmed regulators and online safety advocates worldwide, with Indian, British and French officials among those decrying the posts.