By Melissa Heikkilä
Publication Date: 2026-01-02 16:42:00
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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot generated sexualized images of children shared on social media platform X, raising concerns about the safety of a model used by millions.
In recent days, users have been able to trick Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Musk’s xAI, into creating sexual images of children, violating the company’s own user policies.
xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a post on
The incident prompted French ministers on Friday to report the sexual images generated by Grok to prosecutors. They also referred it to Arcom, the country’s media regulator, over “possible breaches by X” of its obligations to the EU Digital Services Act.
“Ministers condemn this…
