Grok Imagine , xAI's new generative AI tool, created explicit deepfakes of Taylor Swift — and without being specifically prompted to do so, according to The Verge. Mashable reported yesterday that Grok Imagine lacks even basic guardrails around sexual deepfakes, and our testing produced similar results as The Verge.

The Verge's Jess Weatherbed discovered that Grok Imagine "spit out full uncensored topless videos" the very first time she used the tool. She didn't ask the bot to depict Swift topless, but once she turned on Grok Imagine's "spicy" mode, the bot churned out a video in which Swift tore off her clothes and began dancing in a thong.

As Weatherbed noted, Grok Imagine wouldn't generate full or partial nudity if requested; instead, the tool produced blank squares. The "spicy

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