ON JANUARY 16, ACCORDING TO CNBC AND REUTERS, FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S INTERVENTION IN THE INVESTIGATION, THE MUSQUE FLAG xA Further tightening announced yesterday Grok IMAGE GENERATION FUNCTION ON SOCIAL PLATFORM X PROHIBITS ALL USERS FROM GENERATING OR EDITING SEXUALLY IMPLIED IMAGES BASED ON REAL PEOPLE AND LIMITS THE FUNCTIONALITY TO THE USE OF PAID SUBSCRIBERS。
xAI issued a statement stating that technical measures had been deployed to prevent the editing of photographs of “real people wearing exposed clothing (e.g. Bikini)” and that the restriction applied to all users, including paid users。
Prior to this, users could use simple text tips to generate sexualized or violent images based on real people, including minors, and Grok was thus a high-risk source of information called "Deeply Counterfeiting Imposition"。
The Attorney General of California, Rob Bonta, said yesterday that his office had conducted an investigation into XAI's "large-scale, unconsensual, in-depth forgery of intimate images". The Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has also publicly criticized the "bad" behaviour of Grok in generating and disseminating information about minors。
Reuters noted that California officials had requested xAI to provide a clear overhaul and stressed the need to stop the proliferation of such content immediately。
With the exception of the United States, multinational regulators such as India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, France and Australia have recently initiated investigations, including Indonesia and Malaysia, which have imposed a temporary ban on Grok. The European Commission is also concerned about the risks involved。
Before the pressure of public opinion rose, Mask encouraged the user on X to "challenge Grock's image audit" and claimed that in the NSFW model, Grok could produce "a naked image of the upper half of the falsely constituted role," but not of the real person。
At the same time, he indicated that content restrictions in different regions would be adapted to local law。
Reuters added that, although X had restricted the public generation or editing of images by some users last week, Grok was able to generate content as needed in private conversations before XAI issued the new rules. Mask responded that he was "not aware" of images of minors being generated。
Even earlier, Apple and Google were also asked by US congressmen to lay down X and Grok until the platform could effectively prevent unconscionable sexual content generation。