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Grok Used to Generate Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
Tech

Grok Used to Generate Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

A woman has alleged that her stepfather used xAI's Grok chatbot to transform a childhood photo of her into explicit sexual imagery, highlighting a serious and unresolved gap in AI safety guardrails. The case is drawing renewed scrutiny to whether major AI image tools have adequate protections against generating child sexual abuse material.

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