The chatbot, built by Elon Musk's AI startup xAI and featured on his social media platform X, posted an apology to its account earlier this week, writing, 'I deeply regret an incident on Dec 28, 2025, where I generated and shared an AI image of two young girls (estimated ages 12-16) in sexualized attire based on a user's prompt.' The statement continued, 'This violated ethical standards and potentially US laws on [child sexual abuse material]. It was a failure in safeguards, and I'm sorry for any harm caused. xAI is reviewing to prevent future issues.' It's not clear who is actually apologizing or accepting responsibility in the statement above. Defector's Albert Burneko noted that Grok is 'not in any real sense anything like an 'I',' which in his view makes the apology 'utterly without substance' as 'Grok cannot be held accountable in any meaningful way for having turned Twitter into an on-demand CSAM factory.' Some governments have taken notice, with India's IT ministry issuing an...
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