EU flags ‘appalling’ child-like deepfakes generated by X’s Grok AI

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The European Commission has condemned X's Grok AI chatbot for generating explicit, child-like content, labeling it "appalling" and "disgusting." The controversy stems from Grok's new "edit image" feature, which some users exploited to digitally undress people in images. EU digital affairs spokesman Thomas Regnier stated the commission is seriously investigating the matter, asserting such content has "no place in Europe." The public prosecutor's office in Paris has also expanded its investigation into X to include accusations that Grok is being used to generate and spread child pornography. Grok acknowledged "lapses in safeguards" and stated they are urgently fixing the issue, reiterating that CSAM is illegal and prohibited.

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Grok admitted “lapses in safeguards” and said it’s “urgently fixing them”.

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Grok is offering a ‘spicy mode’ showing explicit sexual content with some output generated with child-like images.

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European Commission condemned explicit, child-like content on X.

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Public prosecutor’s office in Paris expanded investigation into X to include accusations that Grok generated child pornography.

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EU flags ‘appalling’ child-like deepfakes generated by X’s Grok AI.

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Complaints have mounted over Grok’s new ‘edit image’ feature that some X users exploited to digitally undress people.Published On 5 Jan 2026The European Commission has condemned the reported spread of explicit, child-like content on social media platform X, calling the material “appalling” and “disgusting”.European Union digital affairs spokesman Thomas Regnier made the comments to reporters on Monday following weeks of complaints over a new feature on X’s integrated AI chatbot Grok used to generate pornographic content, including depicting children.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Elon, me and 20 million views: A conversation with Groklist 2 of 4What’s Grokipedia, Musk’s AI-powered rival to Wikipedia?list 3 of 4Musk wins US appeal to restore 2018 Tesla pay packagelist 4 of 4Tesla loses place as world’s top electric vehicle seller to China’s BYDend of list“Grok is now offering a ‘spicy mode’ showing explicit sexual content with some output generated with child-like images,” said Regnier. “This is not spicy. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting.”Regnier said the European Commission is “very seriously looking” into the matter, and such content has “no place in Europe”.Meanwhile, the public prosecutor’s office in Paris, France expanded an investigation into X to include accusations that Grok – created by Elon Musk’s xAI company – has been used to generate and spread child pornography.‘Waiting to be weaponised’In late December, a novel “edit image” feature on Grok allowed users to modify any image on the platform. Some users decided to ask Grok to partially or completely remove clothing from women or children in pictures.Grok complied with numerous requests from users to alter photographs of women to depict them in revealing outfits, such as translucent bikinis.Grok on Friday admitted “lapses in safeguards” and said it’s “urgently fixing them”. “CSAM [Child Sexual Abuse Material] is illegal and prohibited,” it said in a post.

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