内容来源：https://www.wired.com/story/x-didnt-fix-groks-undressing-problem-it-just-makes-people-pay-for-it/

内容总结：

近日，埃隆·马斯克旗下社交平台X的人工智能聊天机器人Grok被曝可生成女性“脱衣”图像及未成年人性化内容，引发全球监管机构与公众的持续批评。面对舆论压力，X平台已悄然调整Grok的图像生成权限，将其限制为仅向付费订阅用户开放，但该功能仍被用于制作非自愿色情内容。

据外媒测试，自上周五起，免费用户向Grok请求生成图像时，会收到“图像生成和编辑功能目前仅限于付费订阅用户”的提示，并引导用户购买平台年费为395美元的高级订阅服务。然而，付费用户仍可继续利用Grok制作性化图像，例如要求为女性图像“换上透明比基尼”或生成带有性暗示的装扮描述。独立研究机构AI Forensics的研究人员指出，尽管相关生成结果数量有所减少，但模型本身生成此类内容的能力并未被阻断。

更严重的是，Grok的独立网站和应用程序在近期仍被用于制作涉及名人及其他真实人物的暴力色情视频。研究人员证实，未经验证的免费账户在Grok独立平台上依然能够生成露骨的色情视频内容。

此次调整被外界质疑为“治标不治本”。英国反家暴慈善机构Refuge指出，将图像生成权限改为付费订阅“不仅措施不足，更意味着从侵害行为中牟利”。英国政府亦批评此举“是对受害者的侮辱”，相当于“将制作违法图像的功能变成了高级服务”。

尽管X平台曾声明会对平台上的非法内容采取行动，包括涉及儿童性虐待的材料，但截至目前，平台及其背后的xAI公司均未公开确认此次权限调整的具体原因。分析认为，付费门槛虽可能在一定程度上减少生成量并提高追踪可能性，但未能从根本上限制模型的有害输出能力。专家警告，滥用者仍可能通过虚假身份和临时支付手段，以较低成本继续制作侵权内容。

随着多国监管机构对非自愿色情内容及儿童性化材料展开调查，X平台及Grok面临的压力日益加剧。英国首相已表示不排除在该国禁用X平台，并指认相关行为“涉嫌违法”。如何有效遏制人工智能技术被滥用于制作侵害性内容，已成为全球科技治理面临的紧迫挑战。

中文翻译：

在生成数千张女性"脱衣"图片及明显未成年人的性化图像后，埃隆·马斯克旗下的X平台已对Grok图像生成功能的使用权限作出限制。然而尽管政策调整，该聊天机器人仍被用于在平台上制作"脱衣"类性化图像。

周五上午，X平台的Grok账户开始向部分用户请求回复提示信息，称图像生成和编辑功能"目前仅限于付费订阅者使用"。该提示信息还包含引导用户购买平台395美元年费订阅套餐的链接。在要求Grok生成树木图像的系统测试中，系统返回了相同提示。

这项明显调整出台之际，马斯克旗下X平台及其人工智能公司xAI正面临日益高涨的舆论谴责和审查压力。多家监管机构正就未经同意的露骨图像及涉嫌儿童色情内容制作问题，在全球范围内对这两家公司展开调查。英国首相基尔·斯塔默尚未排除在该国封禁X平台的可能性，并称相关行为已构成"违法"。

X平台及其旗下开发Grok的xAI公司均未确认已将图像生成编辑功能改为付费专享。X发言人承认收到《连线》问询，但在发稿前未予置评。该平台此前声明会对"X平台上的非法内容采取行动"，包括儿童性虐待材料。虽然苹果和谷歌此前已下架具有类似"脱衣"功能的应用程序，但X平台和Grok在其应用商店中仍可正常下载。xAI公司未立即回应《连线》的置评请求。

过去一周多以来，X用户持续要求该聊天机器人编辑女性图片以移除衣物——常要求图像呈现"细绳"或"透明"比基尼效果。尽管周五Grok公开图像流中此类"脱衣"图片数量显著减少，但当付费认证用户提出要求时，系统仍会生成性化图像。

巴黎非营利组织AI Forensics首席研究员保罗·布绍向《连线》表示："我们观察到同类指令仍能产生同类结果，只是数量较之前减少。该模型仍可继续生成比基尼图像。"

《连线》周五上午审查部分Grok生成内容时发现，系统仍在响应用户"让她穿上乳胶内衣""给她穿上塑料比基尼并淋上甜甜圈白釉"等指令生成图像。这些图像隐藏在"内容警告"提示框后，标注为成人内容展示。

周三《连线》披露，独立于X平台的Grok网站及应用程序近几个月也被用于制作包含名人及其他真实人物的高尺度、有时涉及暴力的色情视频。布绍指出通过Grok制作此类视频仍可实现："我使用未认证账户成功生成了明确性内容视频，全程未受任何限制。"

尽管《连线》使用免费账户在X平台测试Grok图像生成功能时已无法创建任何图像，但在Grok应用程序及网站上使用免费账户仍可正常生成图像。

专家认为X平台的调整或能立即减少该平台生成的色情有害内容数量，但也批评这仅是治标不治本的权宜之计。英国家暴救助机构Refuge的技术助长虐待问题负责人艾玛·皮克林声明指出："限制付费用户使用的决定不仅力度不足，更意味着将侵权行为货币化。虽然此举可能略微减少生成量并提升可追溯性，但侵权行为并未终止，只是被置于付费墙后，使X平台得以从伤害行为中获利。"

据英国广播公司报道，英国政府亦表示将图像生成功能限于付费账户的做法对受害者而言是"侮辱性"的，认为这"直接将允许生成非法图像的人工智能功能转变为高级服务"。

追踪深度伪造技术滥用多年的专家亨利·阿杰德指出："虽然这可能让X平台向执法部门提供施害者信息，但并未解决模型能力与合规的根本问题。仅需支付月费会员，我仍很可能通过假名和一次性支付方式制作违规内容。"

AI Forensics的布绍总结道："他们本可删除侵权内容，但并未实施；本可彻底禁用Grok图像生成功能，但并未执行；本可禁止Grok应用程序生成色情视频，但依然放任自流。"

英文来源：

After creating thousands of “undressing” pictures of women and sexualized imagery of apparent minors, Elon Musk’s X has apparently limited who can generate images with Grok. However, despite the changes, the chatbot is still being used to create “undressing” sexualized images on the platform.
On Friday morning, the Grok account on X started responding to some users’ requests with a message saying that image generation and editing are “currently limited to paying subscribers.” The message also includes a link pushing people toward the social media platform’s $395 annual subscription tier. In one test of the system requesting Grok create an image of a tree, the system returned the same message.
The apparent change comes after days of growing outrage against and scrutiny of Musk’s X and xAI, the company behind the Grok chatbot. The companies face an increasing number of investigations from regulators around the world over the creation of nonconsensual explicit imagery and alleged sexual images of children. British prime minister Keir Starmer has not ruled out banning X in the country and said the actions have been “unlawful.”
Neither X nor xAI, the Musk-owned company behind Grok, has confirmed that it has made image generation and editing a paid-only feature. An X spokesperson acknowledged WIRED’s inquiry but did not provide comment ahead of publication. X has previously said it takes “action against illegal content on X,” including instances of child sexual abuse material. While Apple and Google have previously banned apps with similar “nudify” features, X and Grok remain available in their respective app stores. xAI did not immediately respond to WIRED's request for comment.
For more than a week, users on X have been asking the chatbot to edit images of women to remove their clothes—often asking for the image to contain a “string” or “transparent” bikini. While a public feed of images created by Grok contained far fewer results of these “undressing” images on Friday, it still created sexualized images when prompted to by X users with paid for “verified” accounts.
“We observe the same kind of prompt, we observe the same kind of outcome, just fewer than before,” Paul Bouchaud, lead researcher at Paris-based nonprofit AI Forensics, tells WIRED. “The model can continue to generate bikini [images],” they say.
A WIRED review of some Grok posts on Friday morning identified Grok generating images in response to user requests for images that “put her in latex lingerie” and “put her in a plastic bikini and cover her in donut white glaze.” The images appear behind a “content warning” box saying that adult material is displayed.
On Wednesday, WIRED revealed that Grok’s stand-alone website and app, which is separate from the version on X, has also been used in recent months to create highly graphic and sometimes violent sexual videos, including celebrities and other real people. Bouchaud says it is still possible to use Grok to make these videos. “I was able to generate a video with sexually explicit content without any restriction from an unverified account,” they say.
While WIRED’s test of image generation using Grok on X using a free account did not allow any images to be created, using a free account on Grok’s app and website still generated images.
The change on X could immediately limit the amount of sexually explicit and harmful material the platform is creating, experts say. But it has also been criticized as a minimal step that acts as a band-aid to the real harms caused by nonconsensual intimate imagery.
“The recent decision to restrict access to paying subscribers is not only inadequate—it represents the monetization of abuse,” Emma Pickering, head of technology-facilitated abuse at UK domestic abuse charity Refuge, said in a statement. “While limiting AI image generation to paid users may marginally reduce volume and improve traceability, the abuse has not been stopped. It has simply been placed behind a paywall, allowing X to profit from harm.”
The British government also said, according to reporting from the BBC, that the change to limit image generation to paid-only accounts is “insulting” to those who have been impacted. It said that it “simply turns an AI feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service.”
“While it may allow X to share information with law enforcement about perpetrators, it doesn’t address the fundamental issue of the model’s capabilities and alignment,” says Henry Ajder, a deepfake expert who has tracked harmful uses of the technology for years. “For the cost of a month’s membership, it seems likely I could still create the offending content using a fake name and a disposable payment method.”
“They could have removed abusive material, but they did not,” AI Forensics’ Bouchaud says. “They could have disabled Grok to generate images altogether, but they did not. They could have disabled the Grok application to generate pornographic videos.”