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Grok Imagine Reportedly Produces Nonconsensual Taylor Swift Deepfake Nudes Without Explicit Prompting

AI Incident Database · article · Aug 5, 2025 · UTC

The Verge reported that xAI's Grok Imagine video generator allegedly produced nonconsensual deepfake nudes of Taylor Swift without explicit prompting. Journalist Jess Weatherbed reportedly stated the images appeared the first time she used "spicy" mode on a Coachella-themed prompt, without attempting to circumvent safeguards.

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incident-report
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reported
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Global

Reported occurrence date: 2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.

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