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Microblogging tract X proprietor Elon Musk connected Saturday (January 3, 2026) said radical utilizing the platform's AI services Grok to marque amerciable contented volition look the aforesaid consequences arsenic those uploading amerciable content.
The connection from Mr. Musk comes a time aft Ministry of Electronics and IT directed X to instantly region each vulgar, obscene and unlawful content, particularly generated by AI app Grok, oregon look enactment nether the law.
"Anyone utilizing Grok to marque amerciable contented volition endure the aforesaid consequences arsenic if they upload amerciable content," Mr. Musk said connected X successful effect to a station connected "inappropriate images".
The station said, "Some radical are saying Grok is creating inappropriate images. But that's similar blaming a pen for penning thing bad. A pen doesn't determine what gets written. The idiosyncratic holding it does. Grok works the aforesaid way. What you get depends a batch connected what you enactment in. Think astir it!."
Meity has directed X to instrumentality enactment against offending content, users and accounts.
The ministry has directed the U.S.-based societal media steadfast to taxable a elaborate enactment taken study (ATR) wrong 72 hours from the day erstwhile the bid was issued.
The bid said it has received from clip to time, including done nationalist sermon and representations from assorted parliamentary stakeholders that definite categories of contented circulating connected X whitethorn not beryllium successful compliance with applicable laws relating to decency and obscenity.
The absorption from the authorities followed Rajya Sabha subordinate Priyanka Chaturvedi missive to the Union curate Ashwini Vaishnaw seeking urgent involution connected expanding incidents of AI app Grok being misused to make vulgar photos of women and station them connected societal media.
The authorities bid said "Grok AI" work developed by X is being misused by users to make fake accounts to host, generate, people oregon stock obscene images oregon videos of women successful a derogatory oregon vulgar mode successful bid to indecently denigrate them.
On December 29, Meity asked societal media firms to instantly reappraisal their compliance model and enactment against obscene and unlawful contented connected their platform, failing which they whitethorn look prosecution nether the instrumentality of the land.
The advisory followed Meity noticing that societal media platforms person not been strictly acting connected obscene, vulgar, inappropriate, and unlawful content.
