Apple and Google Must Stop Hosting AI Exploitation

Apple and Google are allowing harm to continue. As AI-generated sexual deepfakes spread at an alarming speed, both companies are still hosting X and its AI chatbot Grok, apps repeatedly used to create and circulate sexually explicit images of women and children without consent.

Recent reporting shows Grok can be used to “undress” images, generating sexualized deepfakes at scale. Instead of stopping the abuse, X reportedly put these features behind a paywall, turning exploitation into a profit model. The result is more nonconsensual sexual content, not less.

This crisis has already reached the U.S. Senate. Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico have formally urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from their app stores, warning that the apps violate both companies’ terms of service by enabling sexual exploitation and nonconsensual imagery. Their message is clear: continuing to host these apps puts women and children at risk.

Apple and Google prohibit apps that create or distribute pornographic content, sexualized depictions of minors, or nonconsensual intimate images. Yet investigative reporting has found Grok generating thousands of explicit images per hour. Experts warn that AI “undressing” tools make abuse faster, cheaper, and nearly impossible to contain, leaving victims to suffer lifelong harm.

This is a test of values and responsibility. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai have the authority to act now. Keeping these apps available sends a clear signal that profits matter more than safety.

We demand that Apple and Google remove X and Grok from their app stores without delay. Enforce your own rules. Stop enabling abuse. Protect women and children — now.