Inflatable Elon Musk Appears in Times Square, Begs to be Popped like the AI Bubble

Plenty of people have said that Elon Musk is full of hot air. This version of him actually is. On Thursday, a 40-foot-tall inflatable version of the billionaire popped up in Times Square in New York City, the same day the company’s initial public offering is expected to take off. You’ll be shocked to know the inflatable is not exactly celebratory. The balloon depicts Elon Musk shirtless (a thing we’ve all seen, so we can say that the inflatable is shockingly close to being an accurate representation of his physique) with tattoos on his body. On both his stomach and his back was the message, “SpaceX’s Grok Makes AI Child Porn.” That text was repeated on banners that surrounded the display. That particular messaging would seem to have two goals: First, to remind everyone of Grok’s use to generate non-consensual nude images, including those of children. While Grok is not the only AI model capable of generating inappropriate images, it is the one with the least effective guardrails, as reportedly requested by the company’s CEO. The second purpose of the message is to associate Grok with SpaceX, now that xAI has been rolled into the rocket company. Despite Musk’s ownership of the compan