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Amanda Caswell

Elon Musk's Grok is generating sexualized images of real women on X — and critics say it’s harassment by AI

Elon Musk's face over Grok AI logo.

Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk, is facing growing backlash after users discovered that it can generate sexualized images of real women — often without any indication of consent — using deceptively simple prompts like “change outfit” or “adjust pose.”

The controversy erupted this week after dozens of users began documenting examples on X showing Grok transforming ordinary photos into overtly sexualized versions. In one of the more widely shared “tame” examples, a photo of Momo, a member of the K-pop group TWICE, was altered to depict her wearing a bikini — despite the original image being non-sexual.

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