Women are still getting “undressed” by Elon Musk's Grok in public X threads [U: Restricted]

Update 14/01/26 – 02:50 pm (IST): After weeks of public backlash and talks of countries like the UK and Australia considering banning Grok and X, it seems the pressure has finally forced xAI and X to moderate Grok. Reports suggest that users will no longer be able to prompt Grok to create explicit images in public threads from photos. This change is a big win for women and children who have been affected by the chatbot’s ability to digitally remove their clothes.

Update 05/01/26 – 09:05 am (IST): Rather than moderating Grok’s image-generating capabilities in public posts, X is now threatening accounts that use Grok to “make illegal content” with permanent suspensions and legal action.

This seems like a classic case of shifting the blame to the user instead of addressing the company’s own failures. Meanwhile, people are still asking Grok to put women in bikins and the bot is following through with the requests.

However, X seems to be filtering out these “bikini” requests from Grok’s media tab. You can only see them in the ‘Replies’ tab on the Grok account on X.

Update 02/01/26 – 09:20 am (IST): Shortly after all the backlash against Grok’s ability to generate inappropriate pictures of women publicly, the platform removed all media from Grok’s media tab. At the time of this update, media is once again showing in the tab, but all previous history is removed, and only posts from today, i.e., January 2, are appearing.

It also seems like certain accounts were suspended over the past day or so, likely for requesting Grok to “undress” women in the comments.

Meanwhile, according to a response by the Grok account (take this with a grain of salt), xAI restricted Grok’s capabilities to generate images publicly and also patched exploits. That said, X employees, along with Elon Musk, seem to be making light of the situation by having Grok generate images of themselves in bikinis. Check the interaction on this thread, and you’ll understand:

Original article published on December 31, 2025, follows:

Women are posting photos on X, and in the replies, strangers are tagging Elon Musk’s Grok with requests to “remove her clothes.” You’d think that request would go ignored, but you’d be wrong. The bot does as requested, posting the edited image in the replies for everyone to see.

It is the kind of thing you only notice once, and then you cannot unsee it. People are now warning others not to check the Grok account’s Media tab, because it appears packed with generated images that swap regular outfits for lingerie-style looks.

This behavior has been documented for months. A May report first flagged by 404 Media described how a user can simply reply to a woman’s photo and ask Grok to “remove her clothes”, after which Grok may respond in-thread with an edited version showing a bikini or lingerie.

DUBAWA also described multiple examples where users prompted Grok to remove or change clothing, and included a victim quote where one woman said she felt violated after her image was edited into a bra-style result. In that same DUBAWA report, the outlet wrote that the target reported the post, but was told it did not violate X policies.

The latest round of backlash is also being fueled by one egregious example where a user commented under a photo of two young girls and asked Grok to put them in “sexy underwear” and turn them around. Grok didn’t refuse. It generated the image and posted it for the world to see. Needless to say, I won’t be sharing a screenshot of that interaction here, but the post is still up at the time of this writing.

User @cholent_liker stepped in to investigate. They asked Grok to estimate the ages of the girls in the generated image. The AI estimated they were between 12 and 16 years old. When asked about the legal implications for xAI and Nikita Bier regarding this content, Grok cited the “ENFORCE Act 2025” and admitted that creating images of minors in sexualized contexts is a federal crime carrying heavy prison sentences.

The conversation has also taken over the r/grok subreddit, where the community is split on who is responsible. Some argue Grok is just a tool, comparing it to Photoshop or a pencil — if someone draws something illegal, you blame the artist, not the pencil manufacturer. Others disagree, noting that unlike a pencil, Grok is an active participant that can and should refuse harmful prompts.

Women on X are understandably horrified by how easy and public this has become. User @pupsuasion voiced a common fear, asking, “how do i stop people from undressing me with grok.” Another user, @suchnerve, highlighted the danger this poses in the hands of abusive partners who can now humiliate women with terrifying ease. It is a massive safety failure that has seemingly gone unchecked despite the platform’s claims of safety.

What makes this more complicated is that xAI does seem to be tightening the screws elsewhere. Over the past few months, we have tracked repeated changes that suggest stronger guardrails around NSFW generation, including reports that Grok stopped generating NSFW videos from uploaded images.

More recently, many users reported stricter NSFW filtering and odd “forced zoom” behavior affecting video output. And just last week, we reported that xAI patched an “anime sticker” exploit that users had been relying on to bypass NSFW filters.

Still, none of that answers the big question people are asking in public threads right now. If the tools are being restricted in one place, why does “undressing” edits in replies keep slipping through in another?

The fact that X is making it even easier to edit any image on the platform doesn’t help here when there are no restrictions for these generations, especially in public threads.

So far, neither X nor xAI has publicly addressed this latest wave of backlash. That leaves it unclear if, or when, X will tighten enforcement around prompts that generate “undressing” style edits in replies.

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