US teachers union says it is leaving X over sexualized AI images of children

[BoycottTwitter]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The American Federation of Teachers says it is leaving X, citing the social media site's creation and dissemination of "sickening" images of children in various states of undress.

In an interview with Reuters, AFT President Randi Weingarten said that the site had already been degraded by extremists and trolls since Elon Musk's 2022 takeover, before which the platform was known as Twitter. But the recent proliferation of nonconsensual images of women and children in bikinis or underwear generated by X's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, had made the site unusable, she said.

“The Grok AI image generator, with no safeguards, was the last straw," she said. "From tomorrow on, we're not using Twitter, or X."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/teachers-union-says-its-leaving-x-calling-ai-images-children-the-last-straw-2026-01-13/

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[GB_RN]

1. And Yet...

The Pentagon is getting in bed with Muskrat and his “Grok.” 🙄🤦‍♂️

Tangentially related: What. The. Fuq does Grok mean? Sounds like a cartoon caveman name. Something like “Grok and Ugg.” Given who Muskrat’s intended audience is (need I say MAGAts?), caveman name is dead on. 😂

[GenThePerservering]

4. A moment of research

can answer your question about this well known neologism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok

[GB_RN]

6. The Question Wasn't Serious.

I was trying to be sarcastic/ironic/funny.

If I’m actually curious about a topic, I will indeed do a quick search. And I do that fairly frequently. But when it comes to Muskrat and anything associated with the owner of the SchwastiCar, there’s not much I really give a rat’s ass about.

I say all that in straight up honesty, no sarcasm or snark intended.

[Clouds Passing]

2. About time

[purr-rat beauty]

3. I vote we ban it here as well

It's inevitable so start now

[GenThePerservering]

5. I hope more organizations follow suit

That nazi trash site needs a stake in the heart.