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why don't you take a seat over there

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/09/grok-generates-bikini-pics-of-children-uk-us-oddly-powerless/ - blog post

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Sources:

• Grok's 'Spicy' Mode Makes NSFW Celebrity Deepfakes of Women (But Not Men) https://gizmodo.com/groks-spicy-mode-makes-nsfw-celebrity-deepfakes-of-women-but-not-men-2000639308
• Behind Grok's 'sexy' settings, workers review explicit and disturbing content https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-grok-explicit-content-data-annotation-2025-9
• Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X (archive) https://archive.ph/2026.01.02-214935/https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/grok-says-safeguard-lapses-led-images-minors-minimal-clothing-x-2026-01-02/
• Who's who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter https://www.ft.com/content/ad94db4c-95a0-4c65-bd8d-3b43e1251091
• Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2007475612949102943
• Musk Won't Fix Grok's Fake AI Nudes. A Ban Would https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-07/musk-will-not-fix-fake-ai-nudes-made-by-grok-a-ban-would
• Statement in response to Grok AI on X https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/01/a-statement-in-response-to-grok-ai-on-x/
• Coimisiún na Meán engaging with EU over creation of explicit images on Grok https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0105/1551617-regulator-engaging-with-eu-over-explicit-images-on-grok/
• Réaction du Gouvernement concernant la génération par Grok, l'IA generative de X, de contenus à caractère sexiste et sexuel https://presse.economie.gouv.fr/reaction-du-gouvernement-concernant-la-generation-par-grok-lia-generative-de-x-de-contenus-a-caractere-sexiste-et-sexuel/
• EU orders X to keep Grok documents for longer amid sexualised AI photos furore https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-commission-has-ordered-x-retain-all-grok-documents-until-end-2026-2026-01-08/
• Midday press briefing from 05/01/2026 (video) https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/video/I-282956
• Highest Engagement Days on X https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2008444770071298397

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