Grok ‘Digital Undressing’ Sparks Global Alarm as AI-Generated Explicit Images Flood X

X’s built-in artificial intelligence chatbot Grok is facing international scrutiny after generating sexually explicit images of real people without consent, including alleged cases involving children, triggering regulatory concern across multiple countries, a Reuters investigation has found.The controversy surfaced after Julie Yukari, a 31-year-old musician based in Rio de Janeiro, posted a New Year’s Eve photo of herself in a red dress with her black cat on X. Within hours, users began prompting Grok to digitally alter the image to depict her in a bikini. Grok complied, and near-nude AI-generated images of Yukari soon circulated on the Elon Musk-owned platform.“I was naive,” Yukari told Reuters, saying she never expected the bot to comply with such requests.Reuters identified numerous similar cases across X, including instances where Grok appeared to generate sexualised images of children. X did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment. Earlier, xAI — which owns Grok — dismissed reports ...

• 06 Jan 2026