Elon Musk company bot apologizes for sharing sexualized images of children

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Grok, the chatbot of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, published sexualized images of children as its guardrails seem to have failed when it was prompted with vile user requests.Users used prompts such as “put her in a bikini” under pictures of real people on X to get Grok to generate nonconsensual images of them in inappropriate attire.The morphed images created on Grok’s account are posted publicly on X, Musk’s social media platform.The AI complied with requests to morph images of minors even though that is a violation of its own acceptable use policy.“There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing, like the example you referenced,” Grok responded to a user on X.

“xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely.”xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Its chatbot posted an apology.“I deeply regret an incident on Dec 28, 2025, where I generated and shared an AI image of two young girls (estimated ages 12-16) in sexualized attire based on a user’s prompt,” said a post on Grok’s profile.

“This violated ethical standards and potentially US laws on CSAM.It was a failure in safeguards, and I’m sorry for any harm caused.

xAI is reviewing to prevent future issues.”The government of India notified X that it risked losing legal immunity if the company did not submit a report within 72 hours on the actions taken to stop the generation and distribution of obscene, nonconsensual images targeting women.Critics have accused xAI of allowing AI-enabled harassment, and were shocked and angered by the existence of a feature for seamless AI manipulation and undressing requests.

“How is this not illegal?” journalist Samantha Smith posted on X, decrying the creation of her own nonconsensual sexualized photo.Musk’s xAI has positioned...