‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
In the bikini image generated of Evie – who asked to use only her first name to avoid further abuse – she was covered in baby oil. The first @grok bikini demands appear to have been made by a handful of accounts in early December. By 13 December, bikini requests to the chatbot were averaging about 10 to 20 a day, increasing to 7,123 mentions on 29 December and rising to 43,831 requests on 30 December. View image in fullscreen AI-generated image of Elon Musk in a bikini created by Musk using Grok and posted on X. Her posts explaining why the nudification feature was problematic triggered new @grok “put her in a bikini” requests, and the bikini images were quickly generated.
Source: The Guardian January 11, 2026 06:15 UTC
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