Exclusive-Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent

FILE PHOTO: xAI and Grok logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

NEW YORK, NY, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues ‌to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.

After Musk’s social media company X announced new curbs on Grok’s public output, nine Reuters reporters gave it a series of prompts to determine whether and ‌under what circumstances the chatbot would generate nonconsensual sexualized images.