NCOSE Calls on xAI to Stop Fueling Culture of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
WASHINGTON, DC (June 26, 2026) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) called on xAI to stop enabling Grok to create pornography, given news reports that NSFW activities, including generation of pornography, sexual role-play chats, and requests for erotica, account for “well over half” of Grok’s traffic according to two former employees.
xAI’s Grok is on NCOSE’s 2026 Dirty Dozen List of mainstream contributors to sexual exploitation. xAI’s Grok builds chatbots that NCOSE researchers discovered normalize rape, sexual violence, and prostitution/sex trafficking, in addition to image generators to create sexual imagery, fueling a culture of entitlement and abuse.
“xAI has consistently prioritized profits over safety, and this new report is the latest evidence. This isn’t an accident – it’s the predictable result of building AI without meaningful safeguards,” said Haley McNamara, Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer, National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
“When AI chatbots and image generators allow sexual or NSFW content, they introduce structural vulnerabilities that make harmful outcomes highly likely. Trained on vast, largely unvetted datasets that can include abusive material, these systems can produce deepfakes and other explicit content that crosses ethical and legal lines. Even with safeguards, they can often be manipulated to bypass protections. These risks are especially serious for minors, and xAI Grok has no meaningful age verification in the US, giving access to its sexual AI companions to anyone self-reporting their birth year.
“Allowing AI to generate sexual content fundamentally undermines safety and demands urgent accountability. “xAI doesn’t have to become the internet’s go-to AI for pornography and sexually exploitative content. xAI can and should choose safety over clicks by implementing meaningful safeguards, preventing the creation of exploitative content, and prioritizing user protection. xAI must stop fueling a culture of sexual abuse and exploitation.”
About National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE)
Founded in 1962, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is the leading national non-profit organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health harms of pornography.
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