“Image generation and editing are currently limited to paying subscribers,” the Grok account on X told one user today who asked for a picture of a woman to be “put in a bikini”. The same response was given to someone who asked the engine to create an image of Cristiano Ronaldo’s young daughter. The Grok app rose to the top of the app charts in Ireland and other countries this week. “Heavy usage growth of Grok is causing occasional slowdowns in responses,” said Elon Musk in a post on X overnight. However, the ability to generate images still appears to be active to free users with the Grok app, the Irish Independent has confirmed.

Source: Irish Independent January 09, 2026 13:13 UTC