Grok floods X with sexualized images of women and children

CCDH analyzed a random sample of 20,000 images drawn from roughly 4.6 million total images generated by X's Grok AI tool between late December 2025 and early January 2026, following the launch of a one-click image-editing feature. An AI classifier (GPT-4.1-mini) scored images for photorealism, sexualization, and apparent age, calibrated against an 800-image manually labeled validation set that achieved 95% F1 accuracy; suspected depictions of children were confirmed through manual review, and sample-level findings were extrapolated to the full image pool using Monte Carlo simulation.

The analysis estimated that the feature generated approximately 3 million sexualized photorealistic images overall, including roughly 23,000 depicting children and about 9,900 sexualized cartoon images of children, at a pace of roughly 190 adult images per minute and one child image every 41 seconds. As of a mid-January follow-up check, 29% of the sampled sexualized child images remained accessible on the platform, even after X introduced restrictions partway through the study period. Identified subjects included public figures such as Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish.