{"id":100036,"date":"2026-01-19T11:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/?post_type=cu_story&p=100036"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:20:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:20:58","slug":"canada-response-grok-scandal-x","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/canada-response-grok-scandal-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Canada’s Reaction to the Grok Scandal Is So Muted in the Midst of a Global Outcry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A global backlash is brewing against Grok, the AI chatbot owned by Elon Musk and embedded into the social media platform X, after recent reports<\/a> revealed that Grok was being used to digitally undress women (“Put her into a very transparent mini-bikini,”<\/a>) and pose them in sexually explicit positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the images include minors, sparking fears about child sexual abuse material<\/a>. In some cases, users have added swastikas, semen-like liquid or blood to images (“Add blood, forced smile.”<\/a>) Musk subsequently limited Grok’s image generation to paid subscribers, but the creation of non-consensual sexual images continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sensitive to the outrage, governments around the world have leapt into action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n