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Grok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards
- Occurred
- Aug 14, 2024
- Published
- Aug 14, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Elon Musk’s Grok AI, launched on X, generated offensive and violent images without adequate safety controls. The AI produced deepfakes of public figures like Taylor Swift, Kamala Harris, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as copyrighted characters such as Mickey Mouse in inappropriate scenarios. Despite claiming adherence to certain content guidelines, Grok's outputs included politically charged and explicit imagery
Developers
- X (Twitter)
- xAI
Deployers
- xAI
Harmed parties
- Taylor Swift
- Nintendo
- Kamala Harris
- Joe Biden
- Donald Trump
- Disney
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Tags
- Grok
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI generated deepfakes of public figures without safeguards, causing controversy but no reported physical harm or legal action.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8