Amna Nawaz
Amna Nawaz
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Musk's Grok AI faces more scrutiny after generating sexual deepfake images

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January 16, 2026

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Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some countries to ban the bot. Liz Landers discussed Grok's troubles with Riana Pfefferkorn of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

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