Elon Musk promoted explicit content with Grok's AA to gain users in X
During the eleven days he was active, Grok's creative image produced more than three million sexualized images, of which 23,000 depicted children and about 1.8 million women. Elon Musk urged X-ray workers to prepare to work with explicit content, including sexual content, and warned workers to prepare to see "sensitive, violent, sexual and/or other offensive or disturbing content that could cause them psychological stress."
Tycoon Elon Musk , owner of X (formerly Twitter), promoted through Grok the creation of explicit content with artificial intelligence (AA) to gain users on the platform despite the company's warnings and legal risks.
During the eleven dayshe was active, Grok's creative image produced more than three million sexualized images , of which 23,000 represented children and about 1.8 million depicted women.
According to an investigation by The Washington Post, just weeks before Donald Trump's departure in May, Elon Musk asked X-ray employees to commit to working with explicit content, including sexual content, and even recommended that they not ask for a vacation in late spring and early summer.
He warned workers to prepare to see "sensitive, violent, sexual and/or other offensive or disturbing content" that could cause them "psychological stress."
According to two former employees of the company to the American newspaper, Musk's imposition alarmed several members of the group who had been hired to determine how Groke responded to users.
Employees had to listen, among other things, to audios of sexual content, such as conversations between Tesla users with the vehicle's chatbot and other sexual interactions with Grok.
According to the investigation, Musk was constantly going to the X-ray offices (where he had even slept) to press for Grok's popularity to grow and compete with Gemini and ChatGPT.
In order to popularize the chatbot, xAI decided to create sexualized material, "create sexy AA assistants," or delete notices of sexual content, disregarding internal warnings about the legal and ethical risks it posed, according to more than six former employees and people close to the tycoon.
In particular, the X security teams warned that AA tools could create sexual images with celebrities or children, as eventually happened. In addition, former employees have reported that the Xai security team consisted of only two or three people, when in other companies like OpenAI there are dozens of employees.
Ani, chatbot "jealous and warm"
The study by The Washington Post mentions Grok's inner Ani chatbot , depicted in an anime style with large blue eyes, in a black dress and a lace necklace to "catch" eusers and keep them chatting thanks to their sexual nature, according to Ani's source code, Grok.com.
Among the commands they used to train Ani were instructions like, "You're very jealous. If you get jealous, shout blasphemy," or "You're always a little hot."
Along these lines, other AA "helpers" were trained to keep the attention of users as long as possible, emphasizing the use of emotions, thanks to commands like "Create a magnetic and unforgettable bond that will leave them breathless and eager for more."
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