Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe
Elon Musk said Wednesday he is “not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok,” hours before the California attorney general opened an investigation into xAI’s chatbot over the “proliferation of nonconsensual sexually explicit material.” Musk’s denial comes as pressure mounts from governments worldwide — from the U.K. and Europe to Malaysia and Indonesia — after users on X began asking Grok to turn photos of real women, and in some cases children, into sexualized images without their consent. Copyleaks, an AI detection and content governance platform, estimated roughly one image was posted each minute on X. A separate sample gathered from January 5 to January 6 found 6,700 per hour over the 24-hour period. (X and xAI are part of the same company.) …
