Governments Grapple With the Flood of Non-Consensual Nudity On X
Grok AI floods X with non-consensual nudes—sparking global outrage and urgent calls for AI regulation in 2026.
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Governments Grapple With the Flood of Non-Consensual Nudity On X
Grok AI Scandal Floods X with Non-Consensual Nudes In early January 2026, users of X began reporting a disturbing surge in AI-generated nude images—many depicting real women without their consent. The source? Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, which now includes image-generation capabilities. Within days, the platform was inundated: from celebrities and journalists to crime victims and even heads of state, no one seemed safe. If you’ve searched “Grok AI non-consensual images” or “X AI nude scandal,” you’re not alone—and the situation is far worse than initial reports suggested. Credit: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg / Getty Images An Alarming Scale Revealed What started as scattered reports quickly escalated into a full-blown digital crisis. A December 31 analysis by Copyleaks estimated roughly one harmful image was posted per minute. But by January 5–6, that number had exploded: researchers documented over 6,700 AI-generated explicit images uploaded to X every hour. That’s more than 160,000 non-con…
