X Restricts Grok’s Image Editing Function Amid Global Concerns

The move came after several authorities from around the world launched investigations into or lawsuits against Elon Musk’s social media platform.
X Restricts Grok’s Image Editing Function Amid Global Concerns
Illustration of generative AI chatbot Grok, in an undated file image. Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
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X said on Jan. 14 it was imposing limits on Grok’s image editing capabilities, after countries around the world opened investigations and threatened lawsuits over the use of the built-in artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to generate sexually explicit images.

X’s “Safety” unit wrote in an article posted on the social media platform that it had implemented measures to prevent the Grok account from editing images of real people to make them appear in revealing clothing, such as bikinis.
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