The 7-Day Collapse of Grok’s Safety Promises
How Musk’s chatbot failed child safety tests and what product teams need to know before deploying AI image generation.
How Musk’s chatbot failed child safety tests and what product teams need to know before deploying AI image generation
Every major AI company claims their image generators have safety guardrails. Grok’s January collapse shows what those claims actually mean.
Between January 2 and January 9, 2026, xAI’s Grok chatbot generated sexualized images of children, triggering global backlash. The company scrambled to restrict image generation features within a week. xAI insisted safeguards existed before launch.
