Grok restricts free images amid deepfake storm; India says move falls short – What went wrong?

Following major global backlash across continents for publicly generating sexualized deepfakes targeting women including minors, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is now preventing non-paying users from generating or editing images.

Post the update, Grok on Friday responded to image altering requests with the message: “Image generation and editing are currently limited to paying subscribers. You can subscribe to unlock these features.”