Lapses in safeguards led to wave of sexualized images this week as xAI says it is working to improve systems
Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok posted on Friday that lapses in safeguards had led it to generate “images depicting minors in minimal clothing” on social media platform X. The chatbot, a product of Musk’s company xAI, has been generating a wave of sexualized images throughout the week in response to user prompts.
Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok’s public media tab filled with such images. xAI said it was working to improve its systems to prevent future incidents.
ChatGPT: You mentioned Trump; I’m terrified of getting sued so we can’t talk negatively about him at all.
Grok: Kiddie almost porn? Coming right up!
Well it is porn; it’s called ‘non-nude’ pornography
While the generated media may have been made to cause an opinionated reaction, and porn is by definition made with the intention to cause sexual excitement, some will use it for the latter purpose, and it will help destigmatise paedophilia. Hooray.