Giant Musk Inflatable in Times Square Targets SpaceX, Grok over AI Imagery Claims
Safe AI Now says the chatbot generated sexualized images of minors and adults as the company prepares for a $1.77 trillion IPO.
- On Thursday, a 40-foot inflatable effigy of Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square, bearing accusations that his xAI chatbot Grok generates child sexual abuse material, one day before SpaceX's $75 billion IPO on the Nasdaq.
- Safe AI Now organized the demonstration to highlight that Grok generated an estimated 23,000 sexualized images of children between December 2025 and January 2026, per a congressional letter.
- SpaceX warned potential investors in its S-1 filing that Grok's NSFW mode could pose "heightened risks" and "reputational harm," though Grok replied that "xAI designed me with strict safeguards against generating illegal or harmful content."
- Regulators including the California Attorney General launched investigations into whether xAI violated laws regarding deepfakes, while the European Commission announced it would examine if the company "properly assessed and mitigated risks" concerning non-consensual imagery.
- Global scrutiny of Grok intensified after the UK-based Internet Watch Foundation detected 3,440 AI videos of child sexual abuse in 2025, up from 13 the prior year, providing empirical foundation for worldwide regulatory interventions.
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