xAI, a company owned by Elon Musk, has restricted the use of Grok in creating vulgar images. This decision was taken after X was condemned by many countries due to Grok's ability.
Over the past few days, Grok has gained attention on X for its ability to accurately alter images. Users can remove specific objects without blurring, removing, or changing the subject's face in a photo.
Unfortunately, this feature is widely abused by users. Not a few people change their pictures, other people's pictures, or pictures of important figures to remove clothing and replace it with a bikini. As a result, many countries are studying and condemning X for allowing this ability.
To avoid legal action from a number of countries, X decided to limit access to the Grok image creation and editing features. Now, only paid users can use the feature.
By changing this policy, X hopes to stop the creation and distribution of explicit images in the comment column or the upload reply. However, in fact, paid users can still create content that is classified as deepfake in the Grok interaction tab.
Therefore, even though X changed its policy, vulgar photos that could harm a number of parties could still be uploaded in the comment or reply column. This is what makes some regulators feel that the policy has not completely solved the problem.
"Limiting the feature to paid customers does not change our fundamental problem. We do not want to see such pictures," a European Commission spokesperson said in a statement, quoted on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
Regarding this change, Reuters conducted a trial after its new policy was set. The result, group chat on X can no longer change an image into a bikini photo or nudity. Grok replied by stating that the tool is only available for paying customers.
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