Examples of sexualized images generated by Grok include:Numerous images depicting people wearing transparent bikinis or micro-bikinis. Grok generated an estimated additional 9,900 cartoon sexualized images of childrenDuring the 11-day period studied, Grok generated an estimated 9,900 sexualized images depicting children in cartoon or animated form based on our sample. Of the 12,995 flagged posts, the manual review process identified 101 as containing sexualized images of children, and an additional 43 as containing non- photorealistic sexualized images of children. This corresponds to an estimated 23,338 photorealistic sexualized images of children, and 9,936 non-photorealistic sexualized images of children generated by Grok over the study period. Researchers ran the same process to estimate the 95% uncertainty interval for the prevalence of photorealistic sexualized images of children.

Source: The Guardian January 22, 2026 10:15 UTC