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Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery

Digital media | The Guardian · Helena Horton · last updated

X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action

Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority of users after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery.

The move comes after Musk was threatened with fines, regulatory action and reports of a possible ban on X in the UK.

 

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