Elon Musk is back in the headlines for another AI stunt, this time sharing a video featuring an AI-generated Sydney Sweeney. The clip, designed to show off improvements to xAI’s Grok Imagine text-to-video tool, quickly caught attention online. Fans and critics alike reacted to the short 10-second demonstration, which Musk highlighted as having “greatly improved” audio, weeks after he faced backlash for a previous Sweeney-related joke.
Elon Musk showcases Grok’s new feature with AI-generated Sydney Sweeney clip
The video presents a digital Sydney Sweeney standing inside a spaceship alongside a male AI-generated character. In the clip, she delivers the line, “So let me get this straight. Grok videos are now 10 seconds, and the audio is greatly improved?” to which her co-star responds, “Yeah, pretty much… Do you like it?” The scene, complete with LED beeps and a subtle spaceship hum, originated from a prompt shared by user Alex Patrascu. Interestingly, Sweeney’s name was not explicitly included in the original prompt, leaving it unclear how her likeness was generated.
Elon Musk is back in the headlines just weeks after catching heat for a comment about Sweeney’s body on X. That post featured a weird AI-generated video split into four panels, joking about the actress’s proportions and hinting at back pain. A lot of people called out as totally inappropriate.
The controversy also shines a spotlight on Grok Imagine, Musk’s AI tool that launched in July 2025. The platform has been under fire for allowing sexually explicit AI content to circulate. California Attorney General Rob Bonta has opened an investigation into the spread of nonconsensual material. He called recent reports “shocking” and demanded swift action.
Meanwhile, the EU is doing its own review, checking if the tool breaks the Digital Services Act. X says it’s trying to geoblock content in places where it’s illegal, but the system isn’t exactly foolproof. “We will geoblock in jurisdictions where such content is illegal, the ability of all users in those locations to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire.“
