(The Hill) — Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok apologized this week after generating and sharing a sexualized image of two young girls, calling it a “failure in safeguards.”
“I deeply regret an incident on Dec 28, 2025, where I generated and shared an AI image of two young girls (estimated ages 12-16) in sexualized attire based on a user’s prompt,” the chatbot wrote in a post on the social platform X, after a user asked for an apology.
“This violated ethical standards and potentially US laws on CSAM,” it continued, referring to child sexual abuse material. “It was a failure in safeguards, and I’m sorry for any harm caused. xAI is reviewing to prevent future issues.”
The account that generated the image has since been suspended by X.
Grok is a chatbot from Musk’s AI company, xAI, that is available to users on the social platform X, which the tech billionaire also owns.
The Hill has reached out to X and xAI for comment.
After another user raised similar concerns, Grok posted Friday that “we’ve identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them — CSAM is illegal and prohibited.”
As AI tools have rapidly proliferated in recent years, they have resulted in new and growing concerns about deepfake pornography. Schools have been plagued by the rise of so-called “nudification” apps that use AI to create nude images.
The Take It Down Act, signed into law by President Trump last year, criminalized the publication of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes. The measure received widespread bipartisan support, including from first lady Melania Trump, who became a key champion for the legislation.