Twitch star Sweet Anita spoke with Dexerto to discuss X’s Grok AI amid the ongoing deepfake controversy, demanding change from platform owner Elon Musk.
Grok, the AI integrated into X (formerly Twitter), is at the center of a heated debate and calls for reform as users have begun using its image-generating abilities to alter photos and videos of people, including women and children, without their consent. Some of these requests ask Grok to put women in bikinis or remove their clothing completely, to which Grok either entirely or partially complies.
The trend has become so widespread that many women have sworn off posting pictures of themselves on the app completely, urging their followers to join them on alternative platforms like Instagram or Bluesky.
Sweet Anita, a popular Twitch streamer, spoke out on the issue in a tweet on December 31, where she lamented the state of Grok’s media tab being filled with lewd edits of female users’ content without their permission.
In response, the official Grok account confirmed that it had wiped its media tab to “address privacy concerns while we work on better consent features, like opt-outs for image use in AI generation.”
In the days that followed, users continued to use Grok to manipulate women’s photos, sparking action from UK officials who openly considered outright banning the app in their region.
Sweet Anita calls for Grok “opt out” option on X
On January 9, X limited image generation to paid accounts only, but many users say this isn’t enough. Content creators like Sweet Anita are calling for an ‘opt-out’ option for those who don’t want their content accessible to the AI, whatsoever.
“It would be so easy to use a recognition database to create an ‘opt-out’ button,” she explained. “Basically, if you upload an image, you should be able to say, ‘This is my image, do not allow Grok to edit it,’ but they haven’t implemented that.
“People say you could just copy the image and re-upload it, but if Grok recognises the image, then it should still be able to refuse to use it. They could also just only allow verified accounts to use Grok, or remove commands like, ‘Grok, put her in a bikini made of dental floss,’ for example.”
As previously mentioned, xAI has now limited Grok use on X to paid accounts. We went back to Anita to ask about this development, which she argued is simply a way of making everyday users ‘advertisements’ for Grok without solving the underlying issue of what it’s being used for.
“They saw the pending consequences and thought the problem was that they weren’t making enough money,” she told us. “It really hits home the point about the platform hurting anyone for the bottom line. How does that help anyone who has already been affected? And in future only one paid account needs to make one of these comments in my comment section for potentially millions to see it for free.
“[It] encourages them to subscribe and try again. This essentially makes every one of us an advert for Grok’s paid service,” she continued. “Now Grok is the most downloaded AI app above chatGPT in my country. And now that all these predators have had a free hit to get them hooked, they’ll now have to pay to get their next fix.”
Anita emphasized that women are overwhelmingly the victims of malicious image-editing, pointing out that X’s rise in usage in early 2026 coincided with the popularity of the ‘Grok bikini’ fad.
“As an onlooker and a target of the Grok bikini trend, I can’t help but feel as though our bodies are being used to bolster usage statistics just to impress investors, all while we pay the price,” she told us.
“I think what Elon hasn’t considered in this is that half the population is female, and most of us won’t put up with this. The whole platform is becoming what 4chan and Reddit used to be – a new haven for incels and creeps. It’s going to create this reputation that X is where the sexually starved go as it becomes an echo chamber for them. …It’s becoming a very stressful and hostile place for anyone outside that kind of community.”
Anita is a high-profile streamer, with almost 2 million followers on Twitch. She says that her career as a content creator puts her in a difficult position where Grok is concerned, explaining that these nonconsensual images created using her likeness have already damaged her reputation.
“For female content creators, there is always this pressure to make lewd content. …I know streamers who’ve gone down that route. I have no judgment for them, but once you start, you are never safe again. You are endlessly stalked, hounded, threatened, and attacked. Once you make sexual content, you get dehumanized by your audience.
“Now that hyper-realistic lewd images of me are floating around, I’m getting the reputation of a sex worker, but with none of the money to protect myself. So now I have to worry about my reputation through no fault of my own. I’m endlessly having to take down comments on my content blaming me for being a ‘booby streamer,’ a generalization which drastically affects your career negatively in the space. It’s exhausting.”
Sweet Anita urges creators to “avoid X entirely” amid Grok controversy
Anita said she’s thoroughly “disgusted” by the current state of Grok and urged women to “keep your images off X” and even “avoid X entirely” until more protections are in place, saying it “isn’t a brand-safe platform anymore.”
“These deepfakes of unclothed women and children are still getting posted every single second,” she added. “I don’t know how the people running X could, in good conscience, choose to profit from that. At this point, it looks so intentional to me. I’m disgusted.
“It makes me sick that Twitter has been turned into such a dark place. There’s a lot of pressure to be on every platform possible in my line of work. If not, you lose traction, which can be catastrophic for your career and following. Having to decide whether to allow men to undress you and post it on your profile constantly, or leave entirely, is a horrible situation to suddenly be in.”
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