{"id":76754,"date":"2026-01-17T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opinionpublica.tv\/portada\/?p=76754"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:42:05","slug":"elon-musks-x-restricts-ability-to-create-explicit-images-with-grok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opinionpublica.tv\/portada\/elon-musks-x-restricts-ability-to-create-explicit-images-with-grok\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s X restricts ability to create explicit images with Grok"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The social media platform X said late Wednesday that it was blocking Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot created by Elon Musk, from generating sexualized and naked images of real people on its platforms in certain locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move comes amid global outrage over explicit, A.I.-generated images that have flooded X. In the last week, regulators around the world have opened investigations into Grok, and some countries have banned the application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier Wednesday, investigators in California said they were examining whether Grok had violated state laws. Ofcom, Britain\u2019s independent online safety watchdog, opened an inquiry into Grok on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a welcome development,\u201d the British regulator said in a statement on Thursday in response to the new restrictions on Grok. \u201cHowever, our formal investigation remains ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If X is found to have broken British law and refuses to comply with Ofcom\u2019s requests for action, the regulator has the power, if necessary, to seek a court order that would prevent payment providers and advertisers from working with X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X said in a statement on Wednesday that it would use \u201cgeoblocking\u201d to restrict Grok from fulfilling requests for such imagery in jurisdictions where such content was illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The restrictions did not appear to apply to the stand-alone Grok app and website, outside of X. Grok and X are both owned by xAI. X did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe remain committed to making X a safe platform for everyone and continue to have zero tolerance for any forms of child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity, and unwanted sexual content,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, X announced it had limited Grok\u2019s image-generation capabilities to subscribers, who would pay a premium for the feature, but that did little to placate regulators around the world. Indonesia and Malaysia have banned the chatbot, and the European Union has opened investigations into its explicit \u201cdeepfakes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, has sharply criticized the technology. \u201cIt horrifies me that a technology platform allows users to digitally undress women and children online. It is inconceivable behavior,\u201d she told European media outlets earlier this month. \u201cAnd the harm caused by this is very real.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Union has powerful tools for monitoring and stalling such activity, including the Digital Services Act, which forces large technology firms to monitor content posted to their platforms \u2014 or to face consequences including major fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those regulations are often criticized by the Trump administration, which has argued that the European Union\u2019s digital rules amount to censorship and unfairly discriminate against big American technology companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regulators in the European Union have ordered Grok to retain documents related to the chatbot as it examines its creation of sexual images. Sexual images of children are illegal to possess or share in many countries, and some also ban A.I.-generated sexual images of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several countries, including the United States and Britain, have also enacted laws against sharing nonconsensual nude imagery, often referred to as \u201crevenge porn.\u201d X\u2019s policy bars users from posting \u201cintimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n