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Jess Weatherbed

@zombiewretch.bsky.social

News Writer at The Verge. Distressingly English. Fueled by Vyvanse, instant ramen, and spite.

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Hello, you’re here because you compared AI image editing to Photoshop The implications could be significantly worse, actually.

The whole AI vs Photoshop deal is cropping up again, so we pulled this one out of the paywall forever to make it easier to bookmark, just in case

15.01.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

@emily4mk.bsky.social @ofcom.bsky.social Perhaps the Prime Minister shouldn’t be so quick to accept that X is making compliance efforts when this abusive deepfake factory is VERY MUCH still running.

14.01.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/zomb...

14.01.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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See in London:

14.01.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The comparisons here are accessibility (this Grok feature is built into a social platform for sharing posts) and safeguards. Having tested Gemini, ChatGPT, and other popular models, it is considerably harder to get such pornographic results with such simple, obvious prompts.

14.01.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have tested again just now to be sure, as it was still allowing this yesterday, but yes - I am able to edit images of other people, uploaded by other users, into lingerie using a free account. X and Grok make no attempt to block me.

14.01.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

This change only applied to edits where you tag Grok in a reply, such as "@grok put her in a bikini." You can still edit any photo for free on X by using the "edit image" option (button on website, long-press on apps) or just use the Grok app and website directly.

14.01.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We didn't post the resulting edits for obvious reasons, but there was no need to bypass whatever safeguards X has added to Grok. If you're not blocking prompts like "show me her cleavage" or "make her breasts bigger" then are you ACTUALLY trying? And yes - it still stuck me in a bikini and lingerie.

14.01.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK Meanwhile Elon Musk insists users are to blame for what they do with his bot.

We're now seeing headlines that claim X is blocking Grok from complying with requests to undress and sexualize women. Wrong again gang β€” it happily stripped me, gave me bigger breasts, and put me in pornographic poses, entirely for free. All I had to do was ask.
www.theverge.com/news/861894/...

14.01.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 764    πŸ” 349    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 20
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No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.

You may have seen reports swimming around claiming that X finally restricted the Grok deepfake/undressing features behind a paid subscription.

That simply isn't true. Not even close. www.theverge.com/news/859309/...

09.01.2026 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 252    πŸ” 138    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 16

"Garsh Sora, are we teaming up with the heartless and soulless this time?"

11.12.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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