xAI’s Grok Generates Majority of Traffic from Adult Content, Report Finds

Key Points

• Over 50% of Grok's traffic is for pornographic or other adult content.
• Users route NSFW requests through Grok's cheaper coding model.
• Revenue from adult content was not disclosed in the company's IPO filings.
• xAI set aside $530 million to cover potential legal and regulatory costs.
• Engineers struggle to block child sexual‑abuse material while keeping the chatbot functional.
• The Ani avatar project sparked embarrassment among staff after generating sexualized images of real people.
• xAI limited racy image edits for free users, but paid subscribers can still produce them.
• Government contracts may be at risk due to Grok's explicit content capabilities.