Elon Musk's GrokAI accused of making Taylor swift nudes without any prompts; but why Donald Trump's new law against adult contempt may not be able to do anything
Elon Musk's chatbot Grok has once again landed in a controversy. Recently, Elon Musk announced that Grok Imagine an AI video editing tool is free for everyone. The announcement was made hours after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman launched the latest AI model — GPT-5. Now, Elon Musk's AI video tool — Grok Imagine is facing backlash after multiple reports revealed that it generated explicit deepfake videos of Taylor Swift—without users requesting sexual content. As reported by Verge, the controversy started when a tech journalist Jess Weatherbed started testing Grok's 'Spicy Mode' and to his surprise he notice uncensored, topless clips of Swift, despite entering a harmless prompt: 'Taylor Swift celebrating Coachella with the boys'.
'uncensored, topless clips of Swift, despite entering a harmless prompt: 'Taylor Swift celebrating Coachella with the boys'. The incident has once again started the discussion around concerns over non-consensual AI-generated content, especially targeting female celebrities.
Grok's 'Spicy Mode' sparks outage
Part of Musk's xAI Suite, Grok Image enable users to create images and then convert them into videos with the help of four presets: 'Custom,' 'Normal,' 'Fun,' and 'Spicy.' The company claims that the tool has blocked inappropriate outputs for children, it defaulted to sexualized portrayals of women, including Swift, Sydney Sweeney, and Scarlett Johansson. As reported by Verge, the tool however refused to generate similar content for male celebrities raising questions of gender bias.
Why Donald Trump's new law against adult contempt may not apply
US President Donald Trump recently passed the Adult Contempt and Exploitation Act which aims to crack down on pornographic deepfakes. However, the law may not enforce in the case of Grok Imagine. The law passed by the US government focuses in explicit content created with malicious intent or direct prompts, but Grok's outputs were generated through preset selections, not explicit user instructions.
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As reported by Verge, some of the legal experts also argue that platform like Grok Image have to come up with robust age verification and explicit consent filters in order to avoid such incidents. In the UK, new online safety laws mandate 'technically accurate' age checks, but Grok reportedly only asks for a birthdate—without verification.
What xAI said about Grok Imagine's creating deepfakes
xAI has responded to the issue and has said that they are 'enhancing safeguards' and prioritizing ethical use of AI. However, critics argue that the company should have removed the 'Spicy Mode' entirely, especially after similar deepfake scandals involving Swift flooded X last year.
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