BAESTROP, Jan 2 — Elon Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said today that lapses in safeguards had resulted in “images depicting minors in minimal clothing” on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok’s public media tab filled with images that users said had been altered when they uploaded photos and prompted the bot to alter them.
“There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing,” Grok said in a post on X. “xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely.”
“As noted, we’ve identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them — CSAM (child sexual abuse material) is illegal and prohibited,” Grok said.
Grok gave no further details.
In a separate reply to a user on X yesterday, Grok said most cases could be prevented through advanced filters and monitoring although it said “no system is 100 per cent foolproof”, adding that xAI is prioritising improvements and reviewing details shared by users.
When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message “Legacy Media Lies”.
