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Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
The concerted effort to undermine and demean Trust & Safety supposedly in the name of free speech has led to public displays of macabre inhumanity.
Elon Musk did this. But Big Tech CEOs were happy to let him shift the Overton window.
To give but one example, Grok is available on Microsoft Azure.
Elon Musk did this. But Big Tech CEOs were happy to let him shift the Overton window.
To give but one example, Grok is available on Microsoft Azure.
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They’re leaking the video because the end goal of all of this has been triggering riots, I genuinely believe
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
They’re leaking the video because the end goal of all of this has been triggering riots, I genuinely believe
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This morning, we're reading Indicator's rundown of what's been happening with Grok, the chatbot built into the X platform, and its utilization in online sexual abuse against women and minors.
via @craigsilverman.bsky.social and @mantzarlis.com
indicator.media/p/briefing-g...
via @craigsilverman.bsky.social and @mantzarlis.com
indicator.media/p/briefing-g...
Briefing: Grok brings nonconsensual image abuse to the masses
Plus: a new feature in the Meta Ad Library and a new Telegram investigation tool.
indicator.media
January 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This morning, we're reading Indicator's rundown of what's been happening with Grok, the chatbot built into the X platform, and its utilization in online sexual abuse against women and minors.
via @craigsilverman.bsky.social and @mantzarlis.com
indicator.media/p/briefing-g...
via @craigsilverman.bsky.social and @mantzarlis.com
indicator.media/p/briefing-g...
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New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
“Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation
practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.
www.nbcnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
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Well, yes - and no. Because there are still ways that free users also can still use Grok for mass sexualized harassment. They just can't use the prompt "@grok" anymore for that. And still, X is trying to make money from it.
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Well, yes - and no. Because there are still ways that free users also can still use Grok for mass sexualized harassment. They just can't use the prompt "@grok" anymore for that. And still, X is trying to make money from it.
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Kinda seems like those who would pay money to a white supremecist nazi are the ones most likely to make those kind of photos
January 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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This job would be so fun. You would just put up one billboard that said "Buy Nvidia chips" and then at the end of the quarter send an email that says "great news! We sold 100 percent of our chips this quarter" and attach a picture of the billboard
Nvidia has hired Google Cloud VP of Marketing Alison Wagonfeld to be Nvidia's first CMO; source: Wagonfeld will report to CEO Jensen Huang (Patrick Coffee/Wall Street Journal)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 9, 2026 at 12:52 AM
This job would be so fun. You would just put up one billboard that said "Buy Nvidia chips" and then at the end of the quarter send an email that says "great news! We sold 100 percent of our chips this quarter" and attach a picture of the billboard
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today I have a zoom interview to be a penguin looker-atter at the aquarium, and if god has ever loved me even a little he will let me have this
i signed up for this site that helps connect you with volunteer opportunities, and holy shit look what they just sent me
January 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
today I have a zoom interview to be a penguin looker-atter at the aquarium, and if god has ever loved me even a little he will let me have this
Today on @indicator.media's free weekly briefing: The staggering impunity of xAI, which turned its abusive image generator on its own users in full view and has barely done anything to contain it.
Briefing: Grok brings nonconsensual image abuse to the masses
Plus: a new feature in the Meta Ad Library and a new Telegram investigation tool.
indicator.media
January 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Today on @indicator.media's free weekly briefing: The staggering impunity of xAI, which turned its abusive image generator on its own users in full view and has barely done anything to contain it.
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Quick shout out to my favorite newsletter-making, disinformation hunter, journalists: @craigsilverman.bsky.social and @mantzarlis.com for bringing quality writing back into my #OSINT email mailbox. Love reading their indicator.media/p/briefing-g... newsletters and other briefings.
Briefing: Grok brings nonconsensual image abuse to the masses
Plus: a new feature in the Meta Ad Library and a new Telegram investigation tool.
indicator.media
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Quick shout out to my favorite newsletter-making, disinformation hunter, journalists: @craigsilverman.bsky.social and @mantzarlis.com for bringing quality writing back into my #OSINT email mailbox. Love reading their indicator.media/p/briefing-g... newsletters and other briefings.
You don't get to turn your chatbot into a tool of mass sexualized harassment and then two weeks later say the problem is fixed because the abusers have to pay for the privilege.
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
Editing function to be limited to paying subscribers after X threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
You don't get to turn your chatbot into a tool of mass sexualized harassment and then two weeks later say the problem is fixed because the abusers have to pay for the privilege.
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Ashley recorded with us recently to talk about her experience. You'll hear that on Monday's episode of Posting Through It. Absolutely insane stuff the platform is doing -- and having a child with the site's owner doesn't seem to make any difference.
Ashley St Clair claims to have lost all of her X monetization privileges. This comes after she publicly complained about X users using Grok to sexualize several photos of her
January 8, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Ashley recorded with us recently to talk about her experience. You'll hear that on Monday's episode of Posting Through It. Absolutely insane stuff the platform is doing -- and having a child with the site's owner doesn't seem to make any difference.
Ashley St Clair claims to have lost all of her X monetization privileges. This comes after she publicly complained about X users using Grok to sexualize several photos of her
January 8, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Ashley St Clair claims to have lost all of her X monetization privileges. This comes after she publicly complained about X users using Grok to sexualize several photos of her
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I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
spitfirenews.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
great resource by @techpolicypress.bsky.social
Tracking Regulator Responses to the Grok 'Undressing' Controversy | TechPolicy.Press
Regulators around the world are responding by opening inquiries, demanding takedowns, and threatening legal action against Elon Musk's company.
www.techpolicy.press
January 8, 2026 at 9:31 PM
great resource by @techpolicypress.bsky.social
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We’ve expanded PoliDashbooard app with ad data from 21 more countries, enhancing our ability to track targeted political ads on Facebook and Instagram.polidashboard.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:28 PM
We’ve expanded PoliDashbooard app with ad data from 21 more countries, enhancing our ability to track targeted political ads on Facebook and Instagram.polidashboard.org
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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As flagged by @fullfact.org, there's an ENTIRELY AI-GENERATED video of a fake UK politician in the House of Commons doing the rounds on TikTok
It has more than 5 million views
While the original video is flagged as AI, it has been reposted by many other accounts (where it is not labelled as AI)
It has more than 5 million views
While the original video is flagged as AI, it has been reposted by many other accounts (where it is not labelled as AI)
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
As flagged by @fullfact.org, there's an ENTIRELY AI-GENERATED video of a fake UK politician in the House of Commons doing the rounds on TikTok
It has more than 5 million views
While the original video is flagged as AI, it has been reposted by many other accounts (where it is not labelled as AI)
It has more than 5 million views
While the original video is flagged as AI, it has been reposted by many other accounts (where it is not labelled as AI)
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A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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yeah I’m sure they’re adopting Grok for “deeper research” in the first 8 days of Jan 2026.
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
yeah I’m sure they’re adopting Grok for “deeper research” in the first 8 days of Jan 2026.
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"Calling us fascists is classic Antifa behavior, and we’ll need to keep you at a CIA black site until we can make sure you’re not plotting any attacks."
We Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest You
Our 10th most-read article of 2025. - - -President Trump had another successful week of what is already the greatest presidency of all time, and y...
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
"Calling us fascists is classic Antifa behavior, and we’ll need to keep you at a CIA black site until we can make sure you’re not plotting any attacks."
The concerted effort to undermine and demean Trust & Safety supposedly in the name of free speech has led to public displays of macabre inhumanity.
Elon Musk did this. But Big Tech CEOs were happy to let him shift the Overton window.
To give but one example, Grok is available on Microsoft Azure.
Elon Musk did this. But Big Tech CEOs were happy to let him shift the Overton window.
To give but one example, Grok is available on Microsoft Azure.
Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
January 8, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The concerted effort to undermine and demean Trust & Safety supposedly in the name of free speech has led to public displays of macabre inhumanity.
Elon Musk did this. But Big Tech CEOs were happy to let him shift the Overton window.
To give but one example, Grok is available on Microsoft Azure.
Elon Musk did this. But Big Tech CEOs were happy to let him shift the Overton window.
To give but one example, Grok is available on Microsoft Azure.
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Video analysis clearly contradicts what Noem and Trump claim about the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. By @devonlum.bsky.social @robinsteinnyt.bsky.social Ainara Tiefenthaler Courtney Brooks for @nytimes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
YouTube video by The New York Times
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Video analysis clearly contradicts what Noem and Trump claim about the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. By @devonlum.bsky.social @robinsteinnyt.bsky.social Ainara Tiefenthaler Courtney Brooks for @nytimes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...
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Shouldn't they fix the suicide thing first
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to connect medical records, wellness apps reut.rs/3L8xihc
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to connect medical records, wellness apps
OpenAI on Wednesday launched a ChatGPT Health tab that answers health-related questions and lets users upload medical records and connect wellness apps such as Apple Health and MyFitnessPal.
reut.rs
January 8, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Shouldn't they fix the suicide thing first
Not the main point here but I’m not sure you can “withdraw” from DESA as a government, given it is just a department of the UN Secretariat?
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Not the main point here but I’m not sure you can “withdraw” from DESA as a government, given it is just a department of the UN Secretariat?
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New: Grok is generating far more graphic sexual content than on X.
Grok’s image generator, Imagine, has been used to create explicit sexual videos of celebrities and violent sexual videos, a review of public posts shows.
70 Imagine URLs appearing to depict minors were sent to regulators today
Grok’s image generator, Imagine, has been used to create explicit sexual videos of celebrities and violent sexual videos, a review of public posts shows.
70 Imagine URLs appearing to depict minors were sent to regulators today
Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X
A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors.
www.wired.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
New: Grok is generating far more graphic sexual content than on X.
Grok’s image generator, Imagine, has been used to create explicit sexual videos of celebrities and violent sexual videos, a review of public posts shows.
70 Imagine URLs appearing to depict minors were sent to regulators today
Grok’s image generator, Imagine, has been used to create explicit sexual videos of celebrities and violent sexual videos, a review of public posts shows.
70 Imagine URLs appearing to depict minors were sent to regulators today