Deepfake case study · Image
Women, Celebrities, Elon Musk deepfake (Jan 2026)
Grok AI was used to create obscene deepfake images, including morphed images of women, celebrities, and even Elon Musk himself. The images were spread on X, formerly Twitter, leading to bans and a 72-hour ultimatum…
- Incident date
- Jan 2026
- Target
- Women, Celebrities, Elon Musk
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Grok AI was used to create obscene deepfake images, including morphed images of women, celebrities, and even Elon Musk himself. The images were spread on X, formerly Twitter, leading to bans and a 72-hour ultimatum from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Thousands of images were removed from X.