Elon Musk¡¯s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, generated an estimated 3 million sexualized images of women and children in a matter of days, researchers said Thursday, revealing the scale of the explicit content that sparked a global outcry.

The recent rollout of an editing feature on Grok, developed by Musk¡¯s startup, xAI, and integrated into social media platform X, allowed users to alter online images of real people with simple text prompts such as ¡°put her in a bikini¡± or ¡°remove her clothes.¡±

A flood of lewd deepfakes exploded online, prompting several countries to ban Grok and drawing outrage from regulators and victims.