Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has reportedly announced that Grok chatbot’s video generation tool may get a new “Spicy Mode.” This mode may allow users to generate 6-second video clips, including explicit ones, a report claims. The Spicy Mode is expected to be a part of Grok’s “Imagine” video generation tool, which the company confirmed in a recent post on the social media platform X (earlier Twitter) shared from the chatbot’s official account. As per the post, this tool can create videos with sound in response to user prompts. Meanwhile, in a different thread of posts shared by xAI employee Mati Roy, showed examples of videos generated by the new Grok feature, which included a robot and an “alien tribal woman.” Roy’s thread was even labelled as adult content on X.
What Grok’s Spicy Mode will do and why it’s controversial
According to a report by NBC News, Roy mentioned in one of the posts that “Grok Imagine videos have a spicy mode that can do nudity.” However, that tweet appears to have been deleted now. Another X user named Min Choi also confirmed that the Spicy Mode, which can create explicit videos, is coming to Grok.
Roy’s deleted post about Grok’s AI video generator mentioned its ability to create lifelike human videos and animate still images. However, some observers have raised concerns that the tool may be misused to produce personalised explicit content.Previously, multiple individuals raised concerns about Grok being used to create sexually explicit images in their likeness. A young woman named Evie told USA Today that her selfies were turned into explicit imagery using the AI chatbot. Despite X implementing restrictions on specific phrases, users reportedly found other ways to harass victims, including asking the bot to generate stories depicting sexual assault.Some of the other recent Grok-related launches have also been controversial, including a sexualized AI “companion.” Similarly, the latest feature has raised concerns about enabling deepfakes—realistic, altered videos that may mimic people without their consent.The release date for “Imagine” is set for later this year, with some employees and subscribers reportedly having early access. Musk has indicated that programmers are still refining the feature. This update is part of Grok 4, the latest version of the AI chatbot, which the company describes as a highly advanced artificial intelligence.