Elon Musk's Pornography Machine

On X, sexual harassment and perhaps even child abuse are the latest memes. Earlier this week, some people on X began replying to photos with a very specific kind of request. "Put her in a bikini," "take her dress off," "spread her legs," and so on, they commanded Grok, the platform's built-in chatbot. Again and again, the bot complied, using photos of real people--celebrities and noncelebrities, including some who appear to be young children--and putting them in bikinis, revealing underwear, or sexual poses. By one estimate, Grok generated one nonconsensual sexual image every minute in a roughly 24-hour stretch.