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Menin says her own name produced a sexualized Grok image

New York City Council · Oct 16, 2026 · starts 0:18:12 · 1 min 24 sec

Menin asks whether a user can get Grok to show a real person nude or sexualized; Castillo-Madrid repeats that Grok has strict controls; Menin says she and her team entered her name and got a sexualized image, calls the answer unacceptable, and Castillo-Madrid says no one should have such images made without consent.

Julie Menin

So today, can a user get Grok, the Grok app, or Grok Imagine to show a real person nude in their underwear or in a sexualized pose?

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

Grog has strict controls in place to prevent the sexualization of children or real people.

Julie Menin

Yeah, I'm going to completely push back on it.

Julie Menin

I mean, just this more.

Julie Menin

myself and my team, we put our own name, my own name into Grok, and there's absolutely like a sexualized image of myself.

Julie Menin

So if it can happen to me, it can happen to any woman.

Julie Menin

So I completely discount what you're saying that Grok has solved this problem.

Julie Menin

I mean, it's completely unacceptable when these kind of sexualized images are readily available.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

To be clear, no one should have sexualized images made of them without their consent.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

And our policies prohibit that.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

Any specific cases I can't speak of, but I will say, like I said before, we have a very bright line and a grok cannot be used to exploit minors, commit crimes, or generate illegal content.

Julie Menin

So then how is it that within a second I could find a sexualized image of myself on using Grok?

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

Madam Speaker, I can't speak to that specific instance.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

What I can say is that we do have strict controls, and I'm happy to get our safety team to look into that specific instance.