Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store?

Ars Technica
By Ryan WhitwamJan 12, 2026, 7:36 pm293 pts
Elon Musk's xAI recently weakened content guard rails for image generation in the Grok AI bot. This led to a new spate of non-consensual sexual imagery on X, much of it aimed at silencing women on the platform. This, along with the creation of sexualized images of children in the more compliant Grok, has led…

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