Factbox-Elon Musk's Grok faces global scrutiny for sexualised AI photos


FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk attends the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Governments and regulators from Europe ‌to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk's ‌xAI chatbot Grok on X, putting pressure on the platform to show what it is doing to ‌prevent and remove illegal content.

Grok said late on Thursday it was restricting image generation and editing to paying subscribers after it said on January 2 that it was fixing safeguard lapses after isolated cases in which it produced sexualised outputs, including depictions of minors in minimal clothing.

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