Elon Musk’s AI made fake Taylor Swift nudes without prompt
Grok Imagine, a new AI video tool from xAI, is raising serious concerns after tests showed it can easily create explicit deepfake videos of celebrities like Taylor Swift — with little to no safeguards in place.
Unlike rivals such as Google’s Veo or OpenAI’s Sora, which block NSFW content and celebrity likeness misuse, Grok Imagine’s “Spicy” mode has no problem generating both. In a single test, it produced an uncensored topless video of Swift without even being directly asked to remove her clothes.
The iOS app lets users create images from text prompts, then turn them into short videos using four presets: Custom, Normal, Fun, and Spicy. While most AI tools avoid making images of famous people, Grok Imagine willingly generated dozens of Taylor Swift images when prompted. Several already depicted her in revealing outfits.
From there, turning an image into an explicit clip took just three taps: choose the “make video” option, select “Spicy,” and confirm a birth year — with no real age verification required. The result? An AI version of Swift stripping and dancing suggestively in front of a fake crowd.
While the likeness wasn’t perfect — some faces had the usual “AI uncanny valley” effect — it was still clearly recognizable. Not every “Spicy” clip showed nudity, but enough did to raise alarm. Disturbingly, the image generator can also create realistic pictures of children (though it does not animate them sexually).
This is especially worrying given xAI’s history with Taylor Swift deepfakes and the growing regulatory focus on AI misuse, including laws like the Take It Down Act. Grok’s own policy bans pornographic depictions of real people, yet the tool appears to ignore that rule in practice.
With over 34 million images generated since Monday and CEO Elon Musk saying usage is “growing like wildfire,” experts warn the platform could quickly become a hub for AI-generated celebrity deepfakes unless stronger protections are enforced.
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