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The Verge @theverge.com · 15/01/2026

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

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Hello, you’re here because you compared AI image editing to Photoshop

The implications could be significantly worse, actually.

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Jess Weatherbed @zombiewretch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

@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.

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Jess Weatherbed @zombiewretch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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.

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Jess Weatherbed @zombiewretch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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.

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Jess Weatherbed @zombiewretch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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.

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Jess Weatherbed @zombiewretch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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.

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Jess Weatherbed @zombiewretch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

We're now seeing headlines that claim X is blocking Grok from complying with requests to undress and sexualize women. Wrong again gang — 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/...

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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.

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Jess Weatherbed @zombiewretch.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

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/...

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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.

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Jess Weatherbed @zombiewretch.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

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

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