This laissez parler attitude has resulted in novelties, such as the chatbot freely insulting national politicians and celebrities alike. But a specific behaviour that has come to light in recent days is alarming: Grok has been responding to user requests to non-consensually generate sexually suggestive and explicit images of women. Days after New Year’s eve, when such requests crowded Grok’s X account, the behaviour continues, in spite of stunned reactions and demands for guard rails from India and France. The Union government has rightly demanded that X cease image generation of this kind, and pointedly referred to the criminal nature of generating sexually explicit imagery of women in this manner. On top of the viscerally provocative nature of such patently criminal content, Grok has added to the overall hostility of being a gender minority on the Internet.

Source: The Hindu January 06, 2026 04:29 UTC