No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
TL;DR
X has limited free access to Grok's image generation via replies due to backlash over deepfakes, but its editing tools remain widely available for all users to create images.
Elon Musk's X has partially restricted access to Grok's image editing capabilities amid growing backlash to the flood of nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors generated by the platform. As of this writing, it no longer generates images as @grok replies for free, but Grok's image editing tools remain readily available for any X user to churn out images, both sexualized and tame.
X users were previously able to ask Grok - by tagging @grok in a tweet - to edit or create images on the platform. Users now attempting this are met with an automated response from the chatbot's account, telling them that "Image generation and edi …