If code can create harm at scale, platforms must act, not fail.”
Is AI moving faster than the laws meant to control it? How did Elon Musk’s Grok AI turn into the center of a global digital privacy storm? India has taken serious action against social media platform X after Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, was discovered to generate thousands of non-consensual “undressed” photographs every hour.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) gave X a 72-hour deadline in early January 2026 to erase all illegal AI-generated content and provide an explanation for the safety flaws in Grok’s image tools.
Researchers claim that Grok’s “Imagine” function and so-called “spicy mode” were frequently abused to digitally remove clothing from images of actual people, including women and children.
The AI generated around 6,700 nudified photos every hour, which is significantly more than the total output of many specialised AI undressing websites, according to a 24-hour analysis.
According to MeitY, there are major issues with privacy, dignity, and child safety when Grok is abused. The ministry instructed X in its notice dated January 2, 2026, to submit a thorough examination of Grok’s technical safeguards, content moderation systems, and governance methods, as well as to take prompt action against breaching accounts.
The government also warned that if X didn’t comply, it might lose its safe secure protection under Section 79 of the Indian IT Act, which would hold the platform accountable for user-generated content.
Indian officials have called X’s response “inadequate” as of January 8 and have requested more thorough, case-specific information. Due to the controversy, Grok’s image-generation functions are being examined by regulators in the UK, France, Brazil, and Malaysia.
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