X Says You Can Block Grok From Editing Your Photos

X has introduced a caller characteristic that makes it somewhat harder for different users to manipulate your uploaded images pinch nan Grok chatbot. As reported by Social Media Today and verified by The Verge, a caller toggle wrong nan image upload settings connected nan X iOS appsays it tin “block modifications by Grok” erstwhile enabled. But it doesn’t actually prevent Grok from editing your photos.

The mini people underneath nan feature’s sanction reveals a important limitation: users tin only “prevent @Grok from modifying this content.” In our testing, nan toggle only blocks nan system of tagging nan xAI chatbot successful replies to an image connected X, alongside editing instructions — a capacity that was notably abused to undress photographs of real men, women, and children successful early January. This characteristic was blocked for free X accounts successful consequence to world backlash from lawmakers and regulators, but paying subscribers tin still edit images by tagging nan bot.

This caller action isn’t easy to find. When you upload an image into nan X station builder, you tin find it by tapping connected nan paintbrush awesome that appears connected nan bottommost correct of nan thumbnail, and past selecting nan emblem icon astatine nan bottommost correct of nan editing taskbar. The Grok blocker didn’t look astatine immoderate constituent during nan X image upload process connected nan web successful our testing. The toggle besides doesn’t look connected older contented that’s already been uploaded to X.

The Verge published an image connected X pinch nan Grock artifact toggle enabled and tried to edit it pinch abstracted accounts. While free users are already blocked from editing images via @Grok responses, nan caller toggle besides prevents paying Premium subscribers from doing so. This is conscionable 1 of respective ways that X users tin edit images pinch Grok, and nan toggle did perfectly thing to protect against nan others.

I tin still clasp down connected a protected image connected nan X iOS app to unfastened nan “Edit image pinch Grok” action utilizing a free X account, which straight opens nan photograph successful nan Grok app. From there, nan app makes nary effort to extremity maine from manipulating nan image. I tin besides prevention a protected image, re-upload it to nan aforesaid X thread, and tag Grok to edit it from location now that I’ve stripped retired nan blocking protections.

The characteristic hasn’t been officially announced yet, truthful readiness and developmental position are presently unclear. We’ve asked X for comment.