{"id":21575,"date":"2026-01-14T20:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/elon-musks-stubborn-spin-on-groks-sexualized-images-controversy\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:37:15","slug":"elon-musks-stubborn-spin-on-groks-sexualized-images-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/elon-musks-stubborn-spin-on-groks-sexualized-images-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s stubborn spin on Grok\u2019s sexualized images controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Musk attempts to recast AI tool\u2019s misuse. Plus, tech billionaires plot against a proposed California tax on their fortunes<\/p>\n<p>Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. Today, we discuss Elon Musk\u2019s rosy depiction of Grok\u2019s image generation controversy; the seven-figure panic among Silicon Valley billionaires over a proposed wealth tax in California, though with one notable exception; and how AI and robotics have revitalized the Consumer Electronics Showcase.<\/p>\n<p><em>Under a tax proposal that could be put to voters this November, any California resident worth more than $1bn would have to pay a one-off, 5% tax on their assets to help cover education, food assistance and healthcare programs in the state.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Several Silicon Valley figures have already threatened to leave California and take their business elsewhere. But Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, whose net worth is nearly $159bn, told Bloomberg Television this week that he is \u201cperfectly fine with it\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/12\/elon-musk-grok-ai-images-california-tax-bill\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ed942953d6d0fb965fb474a1e6a7011b5b5a396a\/673_0_6733_5386\/master\/6733.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7502e60e8a9220f7d4444eabf825ae0d\" title=\"Elon Musk\u2019s stubborn spin on Grok\u2019s sexualized images controversy\" \/>Musk attempts to recast AI tool\u2019s misuse. Plus, tech billionaires plot against a proposed California tax on their fortunes<br \/>\nHello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. Today, we discuss Elon Musk\u2019s rosy depiction of Grok\u2019s image generation controversy; the seven-figure panic among Silicon Valley billionaires over a proposed wealth tax in California, though with one notable exception; and how AI and robotics have revitalized the Consumer Electronics Showcase.<br \/>\nUnder a tax proposal that could be put to voters this November, any California resident worth more than $1bn would have to pay a one-off, 5% tax on their assets to help cover education, food assistance and healthcare programs in the state.<br \/>\nSeveral Silicon Valley figures have already threatened to leave California and take their business elsewhere. But Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, whose net worth is nearly $159bn, told Bloomberg Television this week that he is \u201cperfectly fine with it\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk attempts to recast AI tool\u2019s misuse. Plus, tech billionaires plot against a proposed California tax on their fortunes Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. Today, we discuss Elon Musk\u2019s rosy depiction of Grok\u2019s image generation controversy; the seven-figure panic among Silicon Valley billionaires over &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/elon-musks-stubborn-spin-on-groks-sexualized-images-controversy\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elon Musk\u2019s stubborn spin on Grok\u2019s sexualized images controversy<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21575"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}