Grok victim's shock as sexual images expose loopholes in new rules

A WELSHMAN whose photos were manipulated to create explicit images on Grok claims that the new regulations announced by X fail to safeguard men from exploitation.

- OLIVIA STRINGER

Elon Musk's Al chatbot has been under scrutiny recently for enabling users to produce explicit images of individuals.

In response to this issue X announced that it has put in place measures to prevent users from manipulating images of real people in revealing attire such as bikinis and underwear in jurisdictions where it is unlawful.

However, it remains possible to generate an image of a man donning a bikini top.

Ruben Chorlton Owen, 24, from Abersoch, found sexualised images of himself on the platform prior to the ban and he believes the presence of loopholes concerning images of men indicates that the rules are insufficient.

The content creator shared: "I first noticed that Grok had been used to create sexualised images of me after a friend sent me a screenshot of a post on X. In the original image taken from my Instagram account I was wearing a dressing gown. Someone pretending to be me had asked the chat bot to 'make my underwear transparent for fun.' I was shocked and confused, it looked so real, people could see that and believe it and then they might think all sorts about me.