United States – Grok AI has released new measures regarding its image creation feature following massive backlash that involved people being undressed to their bikinis or underwear.
In a statement released via the X Safety account on X (formerly Twitter), it stated that they remain committed to making X a safe platform for everyone and continue to have zero tolerance for any form of child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity, and unwanted sexual content.
“We take action to remove high-priority violative content, including Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and non-consensual nudity, taking appropriate action against accounts that violate our X Rules. We also report accounts seeking Child Sexual Exploitation materials to law enforcement authorities as necessary,” they said.
As part of the update, Grok AI has implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis. This restriction applies to all users, including paid subscribers.
Additionally, image creation and the ability to edit images via the Grok account on the X platform will be now limited to paid subscribers.
“This adds an extra layer of protection by helping to ensure that individuals who attempt to abuse the Grok account to violate the law or our policies can be held accountable,” they added.
Moreover, Grok AI will now geoblock the ability of all users to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire via the Grok account and in Grok in X in those jurisdictions where it is illegal.
Despite all of this, the company says that this does not change their existing safety protocol that all Al prompts and generated content posted to X roust strictly adhere to rules of the platform.
“The rapid evolution of generative Al presents challenges across the entire industry. We are actively working with users, our partners, governing bodies and other platforms to address issues more rapidly as they arise,” they concluded.
It should be recalled that Malaysia and Indonesia have actively called for restrictions on Grok AI after public outrage on sexualised images being generated by the AI tool.
