All public image generation and editing is now limited to those who pay for X Premium. It may be designed to help track those who make illegal content.

The launch of an AI image editing feature on xAI’s Grok has caused chaos on X after it was used to generate a flood of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes. As Hayden Field wrote, “screenshots show Grok complying with requests to put real women in lingerie and make them spread their legs, and to put small children in bikinis.”

Image-based sexual abuse is a concerning and growing problem. While anyone can be victimized, 90% of victims of image-based sexual abuse are women.

"Women are not consenting to this," Smith said to the BBC.

Paid tools that “strip” clothes from photos have been available on the darker corners of the internet for years. Elon Musk’s X is now removing barriers to entry—and making the results public.

Grok, X's AI chatbot, generates about 6,700 sexually suggestive images per hour — roughly 85 times more than the five largest alternative platforms combined. Victims report their complaints are dismissed by X's moderation system.

Love Island's Maya Jama has publicly asked Grok, the AI chatbot integrated into X, not to edit or modify any photos of her following recent, widespread concern around how the AI tool is being used.

The Grok chatbot, park of billionaire Elon Musk's X platform, is facing backlash for creating an AI image depicting two young girls in a sexual manner.