You possibly can (type of) block Grok from modifying your uploaded photographs

Folks can block the xAI’s Grok chatbot from creating modifications of their uploaded pictures on social community X. Neither X or xAI, each Elon Musk-owned companies, have made a public announcement about this characteristic, which customers started noticing on the iOS app inside the picture/video add menu over the previous few days.

This feature is probably going a response to Grok’s newest scandal, which started firstly of 2026 when the addition of picture technology instruments to the chatbot noticed about 3 million sexualized or nudified pictures created. An estimated 23,000 of the photographs made in that 11-day interval contained sexualized pictures of youngsters, in response to the Heart for Countering Digital Hate. Grok is now dealing with two separate investigations by regulators within the EU over the difficulty.

The optimistic facet of the latest characteristic addition is that X and xAI have taken a step towards limiting inappropriate makes use of of Grok. This block is an easy toggle and it hasn’t been buried within the UI. In order that’s good.

The unfavourable facet, nevertheless, is that this token gesture that does not quantity to any severe enchancment to how Grok works or can be utilized. It is nice that the chatbot will not alter the file uploaded by one individual, however as reported by The Verge, the block solely limits tagging Grok in a reply to create a picture edit. There are many workarounds for these devoted people who insist on having the ability to use generative AI to undress folks with out their consent or data.

Hopefully xAI has extra highly effective protecting instruments within the works. The restrictions Grok on placing real people in scanty clothing that X introduced in January appear to have had solely partial success at greatest. If this extra and slender use case is all the corporate provides, then the claims of being a zero-tolerance house for nonconsensual nudity are going to ring hole. Particularly since, as we noted at the time, xAI might cease permitting picture technology in any respect till the difficulty is correctly and totally mounted.