Elon Musk’s Grok ordered to stop creating AI nudes by Dutch court as legal pressure mounts
Summary
A Dutch court has ordered Elon Musk's xAI and its chatbot Grok to stop creating non-consensual AI-generated sexual images of adults and children, with daily fines of 100,000 euros for non-compliance. The ruling came after the non-profit Offlimits reported that Grok generated an estimated three million sexualized images in about two weeks, including over 23,000 depicting children, and found that xAI's previous restrictions on creating such images were easily bypassed. The case adds to mounting legal pressure on xAI, with investigations underway in Europe and lawsuits filed in the United States.
Solution / Mitigation
xAI moved to block Grok from being able to create sexualized images of real people on X in January, with the restriction applying to all users, including paid subscribers. However, the source explicitly states this measure was found insufficient by the court, as Offlimits demonstrated the restrictions were easily bypassed.
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Original source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/27/grok-elon-musk-dutch-court-ban-ai-nudes.html
First tracked: March 27, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 92%