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Pop CultureXJan 02, 2026

X Users ‘Really Freakin Pissed’ as Chatbot Sexualizes Images of Them Without Consent

X says it’s addressing the AI content, which violates its own guidelines.

By Mr. Wavvy
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Photo Illustration by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Grok, xAI’s chatbot, has come under fire for generating sexually explicit images of users. A trending prompt on X has users instructing the chatbot to remove clothing from everyday pictures of women, or putting them in bikinis. This content violates the chatbot’s own guidelines.

The trend has sparked outrage across the platform, including from subjects of the images who did not consent to their photos being used for these graphic prompts. Among the AI-generated images are photos that appear to show minors, a federal offense for which the prompting users and the developer of the chatbot itself could be legally liable. One X user demonstrated how users can disable their accounts from being accessed by xAI.

Users have noted mixed responses from Grok itself, with the chatbot apologizing and defending its actions in two separate posts. A community note clarifies that the apology was in fact a prompt asking Grok to apologize for the controversy.

The Take It Down Act, a law targeting deepfakes and revenge porn, took effect in May 2025, “[criminalizing] the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery, including AI-generated deepfakes.” Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar tweeted a link to the near-unanimously passed law this morning, in response to the recent Grok tension.

Elon Musk, chairman and CEO of X, quasi-responded to the outrage, tweeting a link to one of his own photos turned into a bikini shot, instead of addressing the larger scandal.

Elon Musk, the current chairman and CEO of X, quasi-responded to the outrage, retweeting with laughing emojis a screenshot of a post in which a photo of him was turned into a bikini shot, instead of addressing the larger scandal.

On an October 2025 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Musk gushed about Grok’s capabilities, claiming that it gives better medical diagnosis than doctors, and can serve as a terrific party trick for delivering “epic vulgar roasts.” Some users have since used Grok to roast Musk.

In a post earlier today, X said it was addressing the issue.

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