X’s chatbot can now generate AI images. A lack of guardrails raises election concerns

X’s chatbot can now generate AI images. “I can imagine how images like that could spread quickly on social media platforms, and how they could cause strong emotional reactions from people about the integrity of elections,” Perez said. Given the same prompt to generate an image of ballot drop box stuffing, OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus responded with a message, “I’m unable to create an image that could be interpreted as promoting or depicting election fraud or illegal activities." NPR confirmed that users can generate images that closely resemble movie characters — such as Dory in “Finding Nemo” or the family from “The Incredibles” — that are not yet in the public domain. That said, users cannot generate images from every prompt, and there are indications that X or Black Forest Labs might be setting up guardrails in real time.