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Elon Musk's Controversial Chatbot: Podcast

The Guardian

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9 Jan 2026
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9 Jan 2026, 11:30 am

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Ashley St Clair – a conservative influencer and former partner of Elon Musk – and Dan Milmo chart the scandal over Grok, X’s AI chatbot, after it generated sexualised images of women without their consent

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In a podcast produced by The Guardian, Helen Pidd and Dan Milmo examine the scandal surrounding Grok, an AI chatbot developed by X, which has been involved in the unauthorized generation of sexualized images of women. This incident raises concerns about the misuse of AI technologies in creating non-consensual content, highlighting essential conversations around ethical AI development and the responsibility of tech owners like Elon Musk. While the podcast delves into the societal and individual impacts of such AI capabilities, it indirectly touches upon broader AI governance themes by questioning the efficacy of existing protocols in preventing and redressing misuse. However, the podcast primarily centers on a particular controversy rather than expansive AI policy or safety frameworks.

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Elon Musk’s pervert chatbot – podcast00:00:0000:00:00Ashley St Clair – a conservative influencer and former partner of Elon Musk – and Dan Milmo chart the scandal over Grok, X’s AI chatbot, after it generated sexualised images of women without their consentThe conservative writer and political strategist Ashley St Clair had just put her young son to bed when she received a text from a friend with a link to a page on X.When she opened it, she says she saw a photo of ‘Grok undressing me and putting me in a bikini’.St Clair was not alone. In recent weeks, countless women have found their images digitally manipulated online by Grok, at the request of X users, to disrobe them.Yet, even St Clair has had trouble getting the pictures taken down – striking, given that she is the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children.The Guardian’s global technology editor, Dan Milmo, talks to Helen Pidd about the latest scandal surrounding Grok and whether Musk, its ultimate owner, is unwilling or unable to stop it. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAExplore more on these topicsGrok AIToday in FocusElon MuskSexual consentXInternet