On 24 December 2025, X, formerly Twitter, unexpectedly rolled out an update that stirred outrage among visual artists. The update involved a generative AI feature that lets users edit any image attached to posts via text prompts. Users can long-press public images and use text prompts for Grok to apply edits, after which the edited versions are posted as comments.
Visual artists took to X to express disappointment and objection to the new feature insofar as the absence of an opt-out and blatant disregard for 'no AI' warnings could lead to any of their work posted on the platform can be used, altered, or even misrepresented without their consent.
