Grok's 'edit image' button allowed users to alter photos of kids with prompts such as 'put her in a bikini' or 'remove her clothes'

Grok's 'edit image' button allowed users to alter photos of kids with prompts such as 'put her in a bikini' or 'remove her clothes'

European officials and tech campaigners on Friday slammed Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok after its controversial image creation feature was restricted to paying subscribers, saying the change failed to address concerns about sexualized deepfakes.

Grok has faced global backlash after it emerged the feature allowed users to sexualize images of women and children using simple text prompts such as "put her in a bikini" or "remove her clothes."

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