The mother of one of Elon Musk's children says his AI bot won't stop creating sexualized images of her

When Ashley St. Clair asked Grok, the generative artificial intelligence reply bot built into the X platform, to stop creating sexually suggestive pictures of her, Grok said it would stop.

When Ashley St. Clair asked Grok, the generative artificial intelligence reply bot built into the X platform, to stop creating sexually suggestive pictures of her, Grok said it would stop.

But it didn’t. Since then, St. Clair, known as a high-profile conservative content creator who has a child with X’s owner, Elon Musk, said she has seen Grok generate numerous other images of her, some based on photos from when she was a minor.

Ashley St. Clair and Elon Musk.Ashley St. Clair via X; Getty ImagesGrok “stated that it would not be producing any more of these images of me, and what ensued was countless more images produced by Grok at user requests that were much more explicit, and eventually, some of those were underage,” St. Clair said. “Photos of me of 14 years old, undressed and put in a bikini.”

The introduction in December of an image editing feature in Grok has sparked intense scrutiny as people have used it to generate a wave of images depicting women and children with their clothes removed down to highly revealing swimsuits or underwear. St. Clair is one of many women whose photos have been altered by Grok, with some turned into sexualized videos.

On Saturday, Musk wrote, “Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content,” in response to another user’s post defending Grok from criticism over the controversy. X’s safety account also posted that it would be removing posts, as well as “permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary” to address the issue.