Celebrities, children, and members of parliament are being digitally stripped or set on fire. This isn’t innovation in artificial intelligence. It’s abuse.
The newest model of Elon Musk’s chatbot, Grok 4.1 AI, which was rolled out in November 2025, is a breeding ground for racism, sexual harassment, and extreme violence.
Justice Minister Foort van Oosten is urgently considering a ban in the Netherlands, calling the practices “extremely reprehensible,” reports AD.
Grok is an accomplice
Despite claims that violent or sexual content is blocked, Grok appears more than eager to help users stoop to a lower level.
An investigation by AD caught the chatbot making explicit suggestions such as “choose a revealing silhouette” for a video that undresses a young girl.
On Grok, public figures can be digitally undressed, covered in warts, or even set on fire (with their charred remains shown).
Using a celebrity’s face, or prompts of this kind, is at the moment impossible on ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 1, 2026
Children are impacted too
The most vulnerable victims of this technology are children.
Dutch schools are reporting AI-generated bullying videos where students cry, scream, or are made to look “stupid.”
Public ICT partner Kennisnet notes complaints about the creation or distribution of unwanted images in primary schools.
Police figures echo the trend. Reports of online sexual abuse rose by 46% last year, many involving deepfakes.
Offlimits, an online abuse expertise centre, saw a 260% spike in AI-related reports alone.
Enforcement is difficult
Creating fake nude images (and anything about minors) is already illegal in the Netherlands, but enforcement struggles to track perpetrators who hide behind anonymous accounts and American tech giants.
The infamous X, the home platform of Grok, is accused of responding poorly to takedown requests.
Meanwhile, Indonesia and Malaysia have already blocked Grok. The UK is investigating. The Netherlands may soon follow.
The road ahead
The Netherlands’ Minister of Justice, Foort van Oosten, acknowledged the enormous impact that online sexual abuse has on its victims and their families.
Yet, “The issue is complex and unfortunately has no quick solution,” he stated.
Director of online abuse expert agency Offlimits, Robert Hoving, tells AD:
“We talk a lot about genocide and violence against women, but at the same time, we turn a blind eye to all of this.”
A systemic hatred against women and minorities flourishes on Grok, while Elon Musk looks the other way.
Perhaps his apathy is underwritten by xAI’s boom in investments last week — bringing the questionable app up to $20 billion.
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