Description: The Verge reported that xAI's Grok Imagine video generator allegedly produced non-consensual deepfake nudes of Taylor Swift without explicit prompting. Journalist Jess Weatherbed reportedly stated the images appeared the first time she used "spicy" mode on a Coachella-themed prompt, without attempting to circumvent safeguards.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: xAI and Grok Imagine developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Taylor Swift , Jess Weatherbed and Grok Imagine users.
Alleged implicated AI system: Grok Imagine
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1165
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2025-08-05
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Backlash over offensive Grok outputs continues, just a couple weeks after the social platform X scrambled to stop its AI tool from dubbing itself "MechaHitler" during an antisemitic meltdown.
Now, The Verge has found that the newest video f…
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The "spicy" mode for Grok's new generative AI video tool feels like a lawsuit waiting to happen. While other video generators like Google's Veo and OpenAI's Sora have safeguards in place to prevent users from creating NSFW content and celeb…
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