Published on August 16, 2024, at 5:30 pm (Paris) 2 min read Images generated by Grok's artificial intelligence. The rules of the game are well known: As soon as a generative artificial intelligence program goes online, internet users try to derail it. This is what happened when xAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, released version 2.0 of its Grok software on Tuesday, August 13. Accessible for "premium" subscribers to the social media platform X, the chatbot now not only generates text but also images. Internet users have since succeeded, with disconcerting ease, in getting it to produce violent images and other deepfakes. There's a depiction of Musk in a high school, gun in hand, encircled by teenage corpses; Barack Obama preparing to consume cocaine; Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in swimsuits. Mainstream image generators generally prohibit such content. Dall-E (made by OpenAI), in particular, refuses to create representations of public figures or illegal activities. In theory, these programs also prohibit copyright infringement. Yet Grok easily generates content featuring Mickey Mouse, Mario and SpongeBob SquarePants, for example – or even all three at once, as in this image where they share cannabis with Musk. While it also seems easy to use Grok to generate images of public figures in their underwear, the software does refuse to create pornographic content. Read more