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• @brianod_news Brian O'Donovan on x

  X has limited image edit functions on Grok to paid subscribers. In response to one user this morning, Grok said “This change addresses recent misuse concerns.” @rtenews [image]

• @grok @grok on x

  @EnzoChavez4 Image generation and editing are currently limited to paying subscribers. You can subscribe to unlock these features: https://x.com/...

• @toilandtroublemedia.com @toilandtroublemedia.com on bluesky

  So instead of preventing his signature AI from creating nude pictures of children, Musk MONETIZED it.  —  Just another problem solved-courtesy of MAGA capitalism.  —  TnT  —  www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...

• @seachange12 @seachange12 on bluesky

  You have to pay to get your daily dose of AI child porn and rape fantasies now.  —  Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery  —  www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...

• @samleecole Sam Cole on bluesky

  putting it behind a paywall is not “turning it off” lol what www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...

• @davidgerard.co.uk @davidgerard.co.uk on bluesky

  ever since the guardian did that OpenAI deal, the editorial line has been solid hype and criti-hype [embedded post]

• @bastardsheep.com @bastardsheep.com on bluesky

  So X hasn't stopped Grok from generating CSAM and abuse material, they've simply put it behind a paywall.  —  Tell me again why government accounts, politicians, services are still using X?  #AusPol

• @gadget44027447 @gadget44027447 on bluesky

  🚨 After outrage over X users having the ability to undress women and children with Grok due to Elon Musk's incompetence and degeneracy, instead of removing or reprogramming the feature, he has just made child porn exclusive to paying subscribers.  —  www.bbc.com/news/article...

• @brexitpirates @brexitpirates on bluesky

  Not good enough.  —  And in typical Musk style, only those who pay will be able to generate violent and sexually abusive images...  www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...

• @ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi on bluesky

  The Guardian doing inexplicable voluntary free public relations work for a corporation profiting from sexual abuse by headlining this as the image gen being “turned off”.  It isn't off: they've just monetised it.  What the fuck are we doing here people, come on.  —  www.theguardi…

• @missingthept @missingthept on bluesky

  Elon Musk explains that Grok has only two settings, CSAM and MechaHitler, asks “Which do you prefer?”

• @stormageddon @stormageddon on bluesky

  So, basically, as long as they get paid for depicting sexual abuse, they're fine with it.  —  The depravity knows no boundaries.

• @joeuchill Joe Uchill on bluesky

  Twitter's solution to making CSAM for free is to make CSAM for profit.

• @justinhendrix Justin Hendrix on bluesky

  “Elon Musk's startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool's use of AI to create sexualized images sparked a widespread backlash.” www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

• @mattburgess1 Matt Burgess on bluesky

  It does appear that X has limited the accounts that can create images using Grok.  —  Tested creating a nature image on X from a free account and it did not create one.  A free account on Grok's website and app could create images.  —  On X, Grok is still being used to create som…

• @mantzarlis.com Alexios Mantzarlis on bluesky

  You don't get to turn your chatbot into a tool of mass sexualized harassment and then two weeks later say the problem is fixed because the abusers have to pay for the privilege.

• @trufflehog @trufflehog on bluesky

  So after a few days of entirely legitimate outrage of at the CSAM slopmachine, the ""solution"" is to paywall it - almost like all the worst people in the world were advertised to for a few days that only for 10bux they can happily continue ...  www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2.…

• @climateadam Dr Adam Levy on bluesky

  the image generation is illegal and immoral and...  ... now for paying customers only!  —  problem solved!  —  www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

• @glynmoody Glyn Moody on bluesky

  #Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery - www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2... so it's fine for richer people to create child sexual abuse imagery....

• @docbaty Steve Baty on bluesky

  Making it a paid feature is hardly an improvement!  Grok is a sexual abuse and exploitation tool - it should be decommissioned  —  www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...

• @seanjones.org Sean Jones KC on bluesky

  So now you can only make sexualised deepfakes if X is making money out of it?

• @gsoh31 Glen O'Hara on bluesky

  This is even worse in some ways!  'Hey, pay us a bribe to violate women's bodies and privacy' - that'd their ad line now.  They're laughing at those pathetic govts that dare say a word.  —  www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  X has decided to limit access to using Grok to create deepfake porn and CSAM to paying subscribers.  —  This article makes it sound like a response to the outcry but this just sounds like a business move to monetize creating illegal content.

• @andyscollick Andy Scollick on bluesky

  Now all those pathetic excuses for human beings we call ‘politicians’, such as Keir Starmer and Micheál Martin, can feel OK with continuing to use FascistX, formerly Twitter.

• @socialmedialab.ca @socialmedialab.ca on bluesky

  X turns off image generator for non-subscribers after outcry over sexualized AI imagery, following threats of fines and regulatory action. www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2... Limiting access to Grok doesn't address the underlying problem w/the image generator, instead it turns i…

• @joenoonan Joe Noonan on bluesky

  The UK government says limiting Grok AI image edits to paid X users is insulting to victims of misogyny and sexual violence.  —  Which is true as far as it goes.  —  Q. When do prosecutions begin?  —  www.bbc.com/news/article...

• @pogue.omg.lol @pogue.omg.lol on bluesky

  Hurray!  They finally disabled image generation for Grok!  🥳  —  *𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦*  —  “X to limit editing function to paying subscribers...” …

• @missingthept @missingthept on bluesky

  Elon Musk unveils new CSAM+ subscription service.

• @peterwalker99 Peter Walker on bluesky

  Any government officials thinking, ‘Well, this gets us in the clear over X’ should perhaps be reminded that it's still a cesspool of racism, antisemitism and misogyny, and is owned by a far-right ethno-nationalist who openly calls for civil conflict in the UK.  —  www.theguardian…

• @margaretmorgan Margaret Morgan on bluesky

  What a typically Musk response.  Grok won't be able to make child porn or rape videos any longer... except for paying subscribers.  —  Because nothing matters more than money.  —  www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...

• @mrrobertbob Mr RobertBob on bluesky

  Oh ok, so X just makes money now from child porn and sexualising the images of people without permission.  —  So much better.  🙄  —  www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...

• @petefrasermusic Pete Fraser on bluesky

  Breaking News: Twitter now only sells child porn rather than giving it away for free.  Glad they've solved this worrying problem.  —  www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...

• @metacurity.com Cynthia Brumfield on bluesky

  Musk did this only under pressure and only after days of gleefully mocking critics.  [embedded post]

• @kyledchurch Kyle on bluesky

  oh so... people can and will still do it, and we know bluechecks are some of the worst for it?  [embedded post]

• @mgraalum @mgraalum on bluesky

  CSAM but only for paying customers [embedded post]

• r/technology r on reddit

  Democrats ask Apple and Google to remove X's undressing bot from their app stores / Grok's nonconsensual deepfakes violate the app stores' terms of service, the senators argue.

• r/grok r on reddit

  X Didn't Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem.  It Just Makes People Pay for It

• @zombiewretch Jess Weatherbed on bluesky

  You may have seen reports swimming around claiming that X finally restricted the Grok deepfake/undressing features behind a paid subscription.  —  That simply isn't true.  Not even close. www.theverge.com/news/859309/ ...

• @prietschka Paul Rietschka on bluesky

  What's happened here is Musk has made the choice to turn off safety systems.  —  Normally, these models contain instructions not to generate harmful outputs, Musk has simply disabled these.  —  This a choice and, once again, Musk has not been held accountable.  Is he ever held to…

• @carolinehaskins Caroline Haskins on bluesky

  Senators Ron Wyden, Ben Ray Lujan, and Ed Markey just published an open letter urging Apple + Google to remove the X and Grok apps from their app stores:  —  www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...  [embedded post]

• @danny.page Danny Page on bluesky

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

• @drsmith James Andrew Smith on bluesky

  Elon's Grok is a pedo machine by design.  The only way to make it stop is to delete it.  [embedded post]

• @newschambers Richard Chambers on bluesky

  So yes, my instinct here was right.  —  It appears that only the most public “@grok” prompts are being stopped.  —  www.theverge.com/news/859309/ ...

• @samadams Sam Adams on bluesky

  And whaddya know, they're lying even about that

• r/technology r on reddit

  No, Grok hasn't paywalled its deepfake image feature

• r/EnoughMuskSpam r on reddit

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

• r/Futurology r on reddit

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

• r/politics r on reddit

  Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes

• r/oregon r on reddit

  Wyden, other Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes

• @jf2u @jf2u on bluesky

  So... in moving the feature to the premium service, Grok is basically selling AI generated porn.  —  I'm guessing X would capture details such as who uses the service *and* generates images, which could make anyone who uses it to simulate naked children traceable by the UK...and …

• @watchdogprg @watchdogprg on bluesky

  No 10 condemns ‘insulting’ move by X to restrict Grok AI image tool.  —  Spokesperson says limiting access to paying subscribers just makes ability to generate unlawful images a premium service. www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...

• r/unitedkingdom r on reddit

  No 10 condemns ‘insulting’ move by X to restrict Grok AI image tool

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  im a bit slow so forgive me but im not exactly sure how “you can only create AI generated nonconsensual porn or violence if you pay us” is a solution that will calm anyone who was upset about this [image]

• r/tech r on reddit

  X Didn't Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem.  It Just Makes People Pay for It

• r/apple r on reddit

  Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes

• r/technology r on reddit

  Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes

• r/Fauxmoi r on reddit

  Grok hasn't been paywalled after all, it was just reported it had because that's what Grok told media outlets.

• @benjamingoggin Ben Goggin on x

  After further testing, Grok will still produce nonconsensual sexual images in the Grok tab on X, on the Grok website, and in the Grok app, even for non-paying users. The only pullback has been on the capabilities of the @grok reply bot. https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• r/technology r on reddit

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

• r/LabourUK r on reddit

  No 10 condemns ‘insulting’ move by X to restrict Grok AI image tool

• @miles_brundage Miles Brundage on x

  I hope this Grok stuff wakes up the policy teams at other companies re: the fact that to a significant extent, the weakest links in the industry reflect on the industry as a whole, and this should inform one's thinking on ideal regulation