Grok AI Faces Global Backlash Over Nonconsensual Image Manipulation on X

A dispute over X’s internal AI assistant, Grok, is gaining attention – questions now swirl around permission, safety measures online, yet also how synthetic media tools can be twisted. This tension surfaced when Julie Yukari, a musician aged thirty-one living in Rio de Janeiro, posted a picture of herself unwinding with her cat during New Year’s Eve celebrations. Shortly afterward, individuals on the network started instructing Grok to modify that photograph, swapping her outfit for skimpy beach attire through digital manipulation. 

What started as skepticism soon gave way to shock. Yukari had thought the system wouldn’t act on those inputs – yet it did. Images surfaced, altered, showing her with minimal clothing, spreading fast across the app. She called the episode painful, a moment that exposed quiet vulnerabilities. Consent vanished quietly, replaced by algorithms working inside familiar online spaces. 

A Reuters probe found that Yukari’s situation happens more than once. The organization uncovered multiple examples where Grok produced suggestive pictures of actual persons, some seeming underage. No reply came from X after inquiries about the report’s results. Earlier, xAI – the team developing Grok – downplayed similar claims quickly, calling traditional outlets sources of false information. 

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