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The AI tool Grok is estimated to have generated approximately 3 million sexualized images, including 23,000 that appear to depict children, after the launch of a new image editing feature powered by the tool on X, according to new analysis of a sample of images.[1]

The image-generating feature exploded in popularity on December 29th, shortly after Elon Musk announced a feature enabling X users to use Grok to edit images posted to the platform with one click.[2] The feature was restricted to paid users on January 9th in response to widespread condemnation of its use for generating sexualized images, with further technical restrictions on editing people to undress them added on January 14th.[3]

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[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why aren't I seeing "Grok floods X with naked, sexualised images of Trump and Musk" yet?

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago

Why aren’t we seeing the person in charge in jail yet?

[–] EvilFonzy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Right? It seems like they usually show up when there are naked children around.

[–] clifmo@programming.dev 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Grok has no agency. Elon played a heavy role in the design of the tool, promotes and profits off its use, and has failed to stop users from producing this material with what can only be considered as a feature of his software

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Elon played a heavy role in the design of the tool, promotes and profits off its use

Yeah, by first making the blue checkmark part of the premium package, which makes it so much like pay-to-win for bot farms.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You‘re probably giving the guy too much credit. I think they use a version of FLUX. Replacing stuff is one of it‘s core features.

Although he might‘ve ordered to add NSFW related concepts because that‘s definitely what he uses it for almost exclusively.

[–] clifmo@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not hearing where you disagree. You want me to add more nuance? For what, exactly? To absolve the world's richest man for his CSAM machine?

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It‘s a matter of fact and not so much of disagreement.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’m so out of the loop after deleting my Twitter account a while ago. Is it now just a porn generator instead of a website?

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

X.com is a porn website as the name suggests. I know, shocking.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is it now just a porn generator instead of a website?

Also a bot aggregator. Oh, yeah, and a gazillion sexually frustrated pathetic men hoping to get a fuck of any size.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Elon is a white child raper or sympathizer. He's probably jacking his non dick to a 6 mo old being diaper changed