Jan 9 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's startup ‌xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot ‌on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool's use ‌of AI to create sexualized images sparked a widespread backlash.

The chatbot's image generation had allowed users on X to edit or create sexualized photos, which Reuters found was used to generate images ‍of women and children in minimal clothing, often without ‍the consent of the individuals ‌depicted.