Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes

bbc - It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.

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Government, regulatory scrutiny intensifies

Canada’s AI minister condemns deepfake sexual abuse amid X nude images controversy

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EU and UK eye investigations into X over Grok’s lack of safeguards

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Grok told to cover up as UK weighs action over AI 'undressing'

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Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot limits access to image generator that put women in bikinis

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Monetization measures restrict free access

xAI Paywalls Grok Image Generation amid CSAM Outcry, UK Calls Move “Insulting”

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Grok says it has restricted image generation to subscribers after deepfake concerns. But has it?

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Elon Musk makes Grok's sexualized AI images a 'premium service' for X subscribers

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X restricts Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers only after drawing the world’s ire

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Musk's Grok chatbot restricts image generation after global backlash to deepfakes

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Grok Restricts Image Generation After Backlash Over Explicit AI Imagery

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Grok turns off AI image generation for non-payers after nudes backlash

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Image editing on Grok limited on X after users prompt AI deepfakes

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Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes

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Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes

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Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery

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Other analysis

Watch: Backlash against Musk's Grok AI explained

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Sexual deepfakes and abuse scandals

How Elon Musk’s Grok spread sexual deepfakes and child exploitation images

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Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok's Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery

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Grok, Elon Musk’s A.I., Is Generating Sexualized Images of Real People, Fueling Outrage

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Elon Musk’s A.I. Is Generating Sexualized Images of Real People, Fueling Outrage

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Grok’s Undressing Scandal + Claude Code Capers + Casey Busts a Reddit Hoax

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Grok’s Undressing Scandal + Claude Code Capers + Casey Busts a Reddit Hoax

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Elon Musk’s xAI restricts Grok after outcry over sexualised images

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Musk’s Grok Limits Image Generation to Paid Users on X

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Honeypot trap set for any attorney general willing to use it: www.404media.co/x-premium-gr...

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In an attempt to push more people toward a paying subscription, Grok now refuses to generate images in replies. The paywall is pretty leaky, though.

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the art of the possible

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After years of trying to push subscriptions with meaningless verifications and making X so toxic it bleeds users by the millions, Elon Musk might have found a way: by monetizing abuse at the source. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. @samleecole.bsky.soci

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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has restricted access to a much-criticized deepfake generator on social media platform X following a surge of users creating nonconsensual nude images.

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According to #TheTwit restricting the access to the image generator that has created multiple sexual images to premium subscribers (that will cost you 8 bucks a month) will help “ensure responsible use“ while they “grow” the platform. I am curious as to

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