Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X

Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot ‍Grok said on Friday 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 is illegal and prohibited," Grok said, referring to Child Sexual Abuse Material.

Grok gave no further details.

In a ‍separate reply to a user on X on Thursday, Grok said most ‍cases could ⁠be prevented ⁠through advanced filters and monitoring although it said "no system is 100% foolproof," adding that xAI was prioritising improvements and reviewing details shared by users.

When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies".