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If there’s a single through line at CES 2026, it’s AI living. Every major brand wants you fully embedded in its vision of the smart home — a place where your appliances talk to each other, anticipate your needs, and quietly judge your lifestyle choices. LG even showcased an AI robot butler that resembled R.O.B. from Super Smash Bros., except this one performs laundry and engages in conversation with your air conditioner.

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Samsung, however, wants to go bigger.

Tucked inside the Wynn casino in Las Vegas, Samsung’s AI Living Exhibit is a sprawling showcase of what the company calls its "Companion to AI Living" vision — a fully integrated ecosystem where the term 'AI' is omnipresent. The setup walks press and attendees through a large museum with Samsung products that all promise to think, respond, and collaborate on your behalf.

And when I say everything has AI slapped onto it, I mean everything. The company debuted a first-of-its-kind 130-inch Micro RGB TV that uses AI to dynamically tweak picture quality, strip out commentary from soccer broadcasts, or boost crowd noise to stadium levels. There are also AI-enabled appliances that gamify the process of finding a recipe based on what’s in your fridge, then send instructions directly to your oven. There’s even an OLED "record player" that doesn’t play records at all — it just looks like one, presumably for vibes.

Behold. The world’s first 130-Inch Micro RGB TV Credit: Chance Townsend / Mashable

Samsung’s Vision AI Companion sits at the center of this whole operation, acting as the connective tissue between TVs, phones, appliances, and wearables.

Samsung wants its AI to be the omniscient power driving your home. Since at least 2017, tech journalists have been loudly declaring that there’s no escaping the smart home (and yes, I’m guilty, too), but with each passing year, we inch closer to that headline becoming less prediction and more lived reality. Your TV suggests dinner, your fridge confirms the ingredients, your washer times its cycle around your schedule, and your robot vacuum keeps an eye on the dog while you’re out.

Does all of this actually require artificial intelligence? That’s debatable. But CES has never been about restraint. Is it excessive? Absolutely. Is it impressive? Also yes, even if "AI living" sometimes feels like marketing.

The Tri-fold is here too, by the way It's essentially a very sleek tablet. Credit: Chance Townsend / Mashable

I’ll mention this last — fittingly, since Samsung is treating it the same way — but tucked inside the AI Living Exhibit is something people actually want to touch: the Galaxy Z Tri-Fold.

Because this is CES and not an Unpacked event, Samsung is being low-key about it. There’s no stage demo, no dramatic reveal, no "one more thing." That’s likely because the Tri-Fold is already on the market in South Korea, and Samsung clearly doesn’t want to step on its own marketing calendar.

If history is any indication, the phone will surface during a proper Unpacked event. That could mean January, sometime in the late spring or summer, or the fall window around September or October. Converted to U.S. pricing, the Galaxy Z Tri-Fold rings in at roughly $2,400 (or 3,590,400 Korean won), which helps explain why early reviews have been… divided. One particularly blunt headline labeled the device "expensive and half-baked," which feels both harsh and, depending on your tolerance for folding screens, not entirely unfair.

Head to the Mashable CES 2026 hub for the latest news and live updates from the biggest show in tech, where Mashable journalists are reporting live.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a keynote address to help kick off CES 2026 in Las Vegas.

The tech world was watching as Huang delivered his speech, considering Nvidia is the primary hardware company that powers the AI boom. Not for nothing, the other major player in that space, AMD, will present a keynote address of its own.

In advance of the speech, Nvidia hadn't said what, exactly, would be revealed during Huang's keynote beyond "what’s next in AI." But anything Nvidia does is big news in 2026 — so giving the keynote a watch is certainly a good idea.

The keynote was scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 5. You can watch a livestream on CNET's YouTube page, which we've also embedded below. If you miss the keynote, it'll be available to watch on replay. (Disclosure: CNET is owned by Ziff Davis, the same company that owns Mashable.)

Head to the Mashable CES 2026 hub for the latest news and live updates from the biggest show in tech, where Mashable journalists are reporting live.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CEO Dr. Lisa Su will help get CES 2026 underway on Monday, Jan. 5 by delivering a keynote address.

AMD is a major player in the tech world, if perhaps not a household name like Apple or Samsung. It's one of the preeminent chipmakers on the globe, making it increasingly powerful and important in the AI era. OpenAI, in fact, just announced a massive partnership with AMD in an effort to build out AI infrastructure.

AMD wrote on its site that Su will take the "CES stage in Las Vegas to highlight, alongside partners and customers, the AMD vision for delivering future AI solutions – from cloud to enterprise, edge and devices."

You can watch the keynote address on YouTube. It's scheduled to start at 9:30 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 5. We've also embedded the livestream below.

Head to the Mashable CES 2026 hub for the latest news and live updates from the biggest show in tech, where Mashable journalists are reporting live.

Amazon's new AI-powered version of Alexa just got more useful.

Amazon announced during CES 2026 that Alexa+, the souped up version of Alexa that launched last year, is now usable via a web browser, negating the need for an external smart home device. You can access Alexa+ from the Alexa website, but only if you have an Alexa+ Early Access subscription at the moment.

From there, you can type in text prompts and have the newer, allegedly smarter version of Alexa answer them for you without needing to spend a couple hundred dollars on an Echo device.

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This is nifty not just because it cuts down costs for people who don't want to buy an Echo or Ring device, but because it also supplements people who already own them. You can use Alexa+ from a web browser to control your smart home devices, as well as do anything else you'd ask an AI assistant to do.

Many phones have come and gone in Android’s nearly 20-year history, but some phones stand out more than others. Phones that changed the landscape. Phones that held a special place in our hearts. One such device is the aptly named Nexus One, and it was released 16 years ago today.

It’s never a bad time to think about saving money, and self-hosting your own software is a great place to start. With the help of my always-on Raspberry Pi, I’m hoping to buck trends and avoid subscriptions by hosting the following projects on my own.

If you're a big fan of 1990s PC hardware design, but you still want your modern tempered glass side panel, Thermaltake might have the PC case for you. The company revealed two new chassis options at CES 2026 inspired by 90s desktops, as well as a cooler that looks like a tiny CRT monitor.

TikTok is all about buttons in the new year. 365 buttons to be precise. No, not the ones you press in an elevator. Yes, like the ones on your shirt. No, it doesn't really make sense.

The whole thing started innocuously enough. People were commenting on a TikTok about rebranding themselves in the new year. Enter TikTokker Tamara, who goes by the handle @flylikeadove. Tamara commented, "I’m getting 365 buttons, one for each day because I want to do more stuff and I’m scared of time so I want to be more conscious of it."

People responded with questions such as "Why buttons?" and "What do the buttons mean?" and "Are the buttons to wear?"

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Tamara replied: "Just to have to see how quick days pass and to remind myself that time passes, and I just have fun and to do a lot of stuff."

OK, fair enough. Just like a calendar or a daily checkmark. But people kept following up. Finally, Tamara ended the conversation with a wonderful bit of snark.

Tamara wrote: "Hey, so it actually only has to make sense to me for me to do it, and I don’t feel like explaining it to anyone else."

This all has since gone viral as people have obsessed over the buttons, the Brat nature of it all, and the silliness of a random trend. This video from @jasonsappy explaining the saga does a great job of breaking it all down.

Search around TikTok, and you'll see endless comments and videos about buttons. It's become a meme, really. Many people, for instance, love to simply comment, "I'm getting 365 buttons," on videos. There are also Brat edits, fan cams, and, yes, brands getting in on it.

People especially love Tamara's insistence that the buttons only need to make sense to her — and her consistent desire to stay private and unbothered. People have only loved Tamara more, as she has consistently told them that virality doesn't matter to her.

The idea of storing/moving/buying/placing/collecting 365 buttons is a bit silly — why buttons, for instance? But it does make sense as a physical act to remind you of the passage of time. Doesn't it feel good to cross something off your to-do list? Using a physical button for each day would serve as a tactile reminder of the passage of time. Each button represents a moment to treasure the precious few moments we're given.

I get it! It makes sense to me — not that it matters to Tamara.

When you’re shopping for a used car, reliability is king. Sure, used rides cost less than new ones, but there’s always the gamble of how well the previous owner cared for it—and you probably won’t get a full warranty.

When Siri first appeared on the iPhone way back in 2011, it felt like the way we would interact with our smartphones was about to change forever. Fast forward nearly 15 years, and all that promise has come to nothing. Siri is still mostly useless, although there are a few instances where it can be genuinely useful.

At CES 2026, Lego has announced the upcoming launch of the Lego Smart Play system, an interactive technology the company is calling the biggest evolution to Lego bricks since the introduction of the Minifigure almost 50 years ago.

The new interactive platform will respond to players' actions with appropriate sounds, lights, and behavior, creating a responsive and screen-free play experience. And all you need is a single Smart Brick to enter this new world of Lego.

Available for pre-order starting Jan. 9 in select markets, the Lego Smart Play system includes three interactive elements that react as you build and play — Lego Smart Tags, Lego Smart Bricks, and Lego Smart Minifigures. At a keynote event ahead of CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Lego leaders showed off the smart bricks for the first time, promising that the new play system "brings Lego creations to life like never before."

Lego Smart Brick CES Demo Credit: Mashable

With a single smart brick, the CES demo brought Lego creations, characters, and playsets to life. Lego cars revved their engines, a Lego duck quacked and even snored when placed on its side, and a Lego airplane pilot exclaimed "woah!" to being flipped upside down. When additional smart bricks were added to the mix, they created a "decentralized network" of interactivity between different characters and creations.

Lego Smart Brick Credit: Mashable

“For over 90 years, the Lego Group has sparked imagination and creativity in children around the globe. As the world evolves, so do we — innovating to meet the play needs of each new generation. Lego Smart Play is the next exciting chapter in our Lego System in Play and something we are super excited about being able to bring to the world at this scale,” said Julia Goldin, chief product & marketing officer of the LEGO Group, according to a Lego press release. 

Lego Smart Brick Credit: Mashable

The new Lego Smart Play system will launch on March 1 with three Lego Star Wars sets, and Dave Filoni, Chief Creative Officer of Lucasfilm, joined Lego for the announcement to preview the upcoming building kits.

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Developed by the Lego Group’s Creative Play Lab, the Lego Smart Play system will make sounds and activate lights based on player movements and builds. Lego says the new platform "features more than twenty patented world-firsts," including a new custom-made chip that's smaller than a standard Lego connector stud.

Credit: Lego

The Lego Smart Bricks and Minifigures are the same size and shape as standard Lego pieces, but contain a variety of sensors, such as accelerometers, light sensors, and sound sensors. They also contain a miniature speaker with an onboard synthesiser and a wireless charging system.

These sensors mean that Lego Smart Bricks can tell the difference between colors and sounds, sense direction and distance, and much more. In one demo showcased on stage at the CES announcement, two kids raced their Lego cars to see who can reach the trophy at the finish line first. The trophy, equipped with a smart brick, was able to tell which car won the neck-and-neck race by displaying the color of the winning car. When the winning Lego vehicle was placed a top the trophy, the Lego smart bricks flashed and the crackle of fireworks could be heard loud and clear through the tiny speakers.

Lego Smart Brick sensor can sense colors and other bricks can match those colors. Credit: Mashable

To kick off the launch of the first Lego Smart Play playsets, Lego brought their partners at Disney to the CES stage, which included Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2, to announced the Lego Star Wars sets.

The upcoming Lego Smart Play Star Wars Sets include:

Lego Star Wars Smart Play: Luke’s Red Five X-Wing building set — This 584-piece set comes with two Smart Minifigures (Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia), a Lego Smart Brick, and five Lego Smart Tags.

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Lego Star Wars Smart Play: Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter building set — This 473-piece set comes with "a brick-built Rebel Outpost and an Imperial Fueling Station, as well as a SMART Minifigure featuring Darth Vader and a Rebel Fleet Trooper Minifigure." Interactive features include engine sounds.

Lego Star Wars Smart Play: Throne Room Duel & A-Wing building set — This 962-piece set will let players "re-enact and re-imagine one of the most memorable moments from the original Star Wars trilogy, the final lightsaber duel between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader at the end of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. It comes with three Smart Minifigures (Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, and Jedi Luke Skywalker) and a Smart Tag-enabled cannon turret.

You can learn more about the upcoming platform at the Lego Smart Play website.

Online dating as a lesbian can be a joyous experience, but it can also involve having your space invaded by straight people or seeing your ex-girlfriends (and your ex-girlfriends' ex-girlfriends) show up in your feed over and over.

Over the decades, queer women have turned to personal ads, frequented bars, and relied on word of mouth to find love. These days, it's not too different. From trying to find a date on WLW TikTok to entrapranureal lesbians creating new apps just for them, LGBTQ women are down to get creative to find their special someone.

Thankfully, in 2026, there are both niche and general apps where queer women can find a partner — whether for one night or for life. Which ones are the best dating apps for lesbians? We tested the most popular dating sites and apps and got some insight from our Dating & Relationships writers to find out.

How to find the best dating apps for lesbians Niche lesbian dating apps aren't your only option for finding love. Credit: Stacey Zhu / Mashable

Mainstream dating apps attract the most users — including queer users. That means niche lesbian dating apps aren't your only options for finding love. These days, Hinge, Bumble, OkCupid, and even eharmony all have clear filters to help you match with people of the same gender (or any gender at all), as well as filters that acknowledge the existence of non-traditional relationships (like polyamory). Especially if you don't live in a densely populated area, going for the more popular dating apps over lesbian dating sites can often lead to more results.

With that said, there is one dating app lesbian women should try. HER is an app by and for queer women, and it's grown to have a strong user base. According to its website, the app has more than 15 million registered users worldwide. The app also emphasizes finding community and making friends, in addition to dating, providing you with numerous ways to connect with other queer women and non-binary users.

Check out our guide below for the full rundown of our recommendations and dating app reviews.

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The knockout stage of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations continues with Nigeria vs. Mozambique. All eyes will be on Nigeria as they look to put the disappointment of missing out on the 2026 World Cup behind them. They have the talent, but can they put it all together on the pitch?

If you want to watch Nigeria vs. Mozambique in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Nigeria vs. Mozambique?

Nigeria vs. Mozambique in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off at 2 p.m. ET on Jan. 5. This fixture takes place at the Fez Stadium.

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LG went all out at CES 2026 and we have videos to prove it.

The Korean tech giant held a press conference on Monday morning in Las Vegas to show off its newest gadgets and gizmos, which included a brand new home helper robot named CLOiD. CLOiD moves around on wheels and has two arms with five actuated digits at the end of each that it can use to help out with household tasks, when combined with a bunch of cameras, sensors, and an AI "brain" it uses to personalize responses to its owner over time.

SEE ALSO: CES 2026: This portable device will test meals for allergens in minutes

That's all fine and good to read about, but you should really see it for yourself. Mashable reporter Haley Henschel captured some quick videos of CLOiD being demonstrated at LG's CES event.

Wallpaper TVs glide into view

If a robot doing your laundry wasn't enough to tickle your fancy, LG also showed off some extremely thin Wallpaper TVs. They measure at just a handful of millimeters of thickness despite being big, vibrant-looking living room TV sets, and they need to be seen to be believed.

If that isn't CES, I don't know what is.

Despite being almost infinitely customizable, Home Assistant can feel relatively straightforward on a surface level. Sometimes, however, you might find that you need to set up integrations or make changes manually, and at those times, you might be directed to the configuration.yaml file.

What if Ready or Not looked like a grindhouse movie? Well, sibling filmmakers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti — who brought us It: Chapter 1 & 2 as well as Welcome to Derry — give us a look at what that kind of freaky film might look like with the first trailer for They Will Kill You.

The Muschiettis are producers on the action-horror-comedy, which is directed by Kirill Sokolov (No Looking Back) and written by Sokolov and Alex Litvak (Predators). They Will Kill You stars Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2, Joker) as a young woman who comes to a high-rise apartment complex called The Virgil looking for work. But all too soon, she learns she's been selected as the next human sacrifice from a demonic cult.

Myha’La, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, and Patricia Arquette co-star — several playing foes looking to take down Beetz's would-be maid. But this sacrifice isn't happening without a fight.

While the premise has a whiff of Ready or Not — unwitting not rich girl gets tricked into a life-or-death battle in a posh location — They Will Kill You offers a distinctive style, even in this trailer. There are vivid colors, quirky uniforms, and violence that is gory and gonzo, recalling the splashy and willfull absurdity of grindhouse horror. So, if you are giddy to see Beetz kicking butt and cracking skulls, mark your calendars.

They Will Kill You opens only in theaters in March 27.

For people with food sensitivities, dining out can be a hassle at best and dangerous at worst. But soon, a new portable gadget the size of a mass-market paperback could allow you to quickly test meals for allergens and gluten at the table.

At the CES 2026 Unveiled press event on Sunday, French startup Allergen Alert debuted its mini lab, a battery-operated device that "automates and miniaturizes every step of a professional analytical test," according to the company. The version of the product I saw on the showroom floor wasn't market-ready, but company reps say its final form will use a small portion of food that's scooped into a single-use pouch to test for gluten and popular allergens, providing near-instant results.

The mini lab can easily fit inside a bag or backpack. Credit: Haley Henschel / Mashable

The mini lab will allow users with allergies or celiac disease to self-screen their meals instead of just trusting restaurants to keep triggering ingredients off their plates, lessening the risk of a potentially deadly accidental exposure, according to the company.

SEE ALSO: What to expect at CES 2026

Allergen Alert CEO and founder Bénédicte Astier says she came up with the idea for the mini lab as her daughter recovered from anaphylaxis triggered by a dairy allergy. "I experienced what too many families know all too well: the fear that life can change because of a single meal," she said in a press statement. "I realized we needed an extra safety belt; a way to test food anywhere, at any moment. Something concrete, reliable, and immediate that gives back control to people with allergies and those who care for them."

Here's a close-up of the mini lab's single-use pouch and scooper. Credit: Haley Henschel / Mashable

Astier made the mini lab a reality as part of an intrapreneurial program at biological diagnostics company bioMérieux, her former employer.

Allergen Alert finished a €3.6 million ($4.23 million USD) fundraising round in October and plans to launch the mini lab in the second half of 2026. The device itself will cost around $200 and its testing pouches will be supplied in packs of five to seven as part of a monthly subscription. Each pouch can only test for one allergen at a time, but a company rep told me that it might eventually support multiple allergens per test if it becomes a frequent user request.

An Allergen Alert rep inserts a single-use pouch into the mini lab. Credit: Haley Henschel / Mashable

According to that same rep, the mini lab I saw on the CES Unveiled showroom floor was a nearly finalized prototype. Its technology is ready to go, but the exterior design is still getting polished.

Anyone familiar with the Theranos saga has the right to be skeptical of a device that promises fast lab-grade results in a non-lab setting, but Allergen Alert's team assured me that it does indeed work. We'll find out when it launches later this year.

Head to the Mashable CES 2026 hub for the latest news and live updates from the biggest show in tech, where Mashable journalists are reporting live.

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If OpenAI were to buy Pinterest, it would be a big shift for lots of folks.

Now, to be clear, there doesn't seem to be much smoke — at least for now — about OpenAI actually buying Pinterest. The idea surfaced in an article from The Information where staffers predicted what could happen in 2026. Reporter Ann Gehan predicted that OpenAI would buy Pinterest, which is obviously just a bit of prognostication and not a report that a deal was imminent, or even on the table.

Wrote Gehan:

"OpenAI would be most interested in the bones of Pinterest’s business, like its trove of image data and its existing advertising business, as well as relationships with merchants. Pinterest’s digital scrapbooking features could also complement OpenAI’s image- and video-generation tools and help it fend off competition from other AI heavyweights like Google, which launched a Pinterest-like feature in 2025."

So, what would that mean for users and, well, everyone else? For ChatGPT users, that means OpenAI would have access to Pinterest's myriad images and data, which would likely be aimed at improving its search capabilities. It would also provide a ton of well-labeled, specific data for OpenAI to train its model on, which would hopefully improve its capabilities. For OpenAI, it would be buying a cache of info that could help it compete with, say, the data available to Google's Gemini.

Wrote Tom's Guide of the potential purchase, for instance: "Google combined their search crawler with their AI creating an incredible data base — one that has arguably given Gemini the edge." To compete, Tom's Guide argued, one option for OpenAI could be to acquire a platform like Pinterest.

For Pinterest users, you could likely expect some changes — new ownership is bound to do that. But really, a potential OpenAI-owned Pinterest would mean an increasingly shopping-focused, AI-driven world. It means using ChatGPT would include built-in shopping and perusing Pinterest would include built-in AI tools.

Everything appears to be going the way of AI, so why not Pinterest?

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

SAVE 46%: As of Jan. 5, you can get the Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus for $1,998.99, down from $3,699, at Amazon. That's a 46% discount, or $1,700.01 in savings.

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SEE ALSO: The 5 best portable power stations to stay charged up at home and on the go

As of Jan. 5, you can get the Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus for $1,998.99, down from $3,699, at Amazon. That's a 46% discount, or $1,700.01 in savings. This is also the best price tracked for this model, according to CamelCamelCamel.

The HomePower 3600 Plus delivers 3600W of output (with a 7200W surge peak), which is enough power to run heavy-duty appliances like sump pumps, heaters, and even dryers. The system features a 3584Wh capacity, and because it's expandable, you can technically scale it up to 43kWh if you need to power an entire household for weeks.

This specific bundle includes two 200W solar panels and an AC charging cable, giving you a completely off-grid setup right out of the box. It uses high-temperature-resistant ceramic membrane battery cells that are rated for 6,000 cycles (that's a 10-year lifespan even if you use it daily). Despite the power, it’s designed to be ultra-portable with a luggage-style handle and wheels, so you can roll it from the garage to the kitchen when the lights go out.

Multiple foreign governments are investigating Elon Musk-owned chatbot Grok for numerous reports of the chatbot generating and spreading nonconsensual, sexualized synthetic images of users.

Joining India's IT ministry in the first wave of what could turn into a global crackdown on X's AI helper, French authorities and Malaysia's Communications and Multimedia Commission issued statements that they, too, would be taking action against a platform-wide deepfake problem.

SEE ALSO: CES 2026 live updates: The latest news, surprises, strange tech, and more

At least three government ministers have reported Grok to the Paris prosecutor's office and a government online surveillance platform for allegedly proliferating illegal content, asking for the French authorities to issue an immediate removal, Politico reports. The Malaysian commission said it was investigating the "misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) tools on the X platform."

Meanwhile, X was given 72 hours to address concerns about Grok's image generation and submit an action-taken report to India's IT ministry, outlined in an order issued on Jan. 2, according to TechCrunch. The order said that failure to respond by the deadline could lead to the platform losing safe harbor protections, which prevent web hosts from facing legal retribution for user-generated content.

This comes following reports that the AI chatbot generated images of minors in sexualized attire. Musk later responded in a post on X, denying responsibility for the chatbot's responses. "Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content," the xAI leader wrote. xAI team member Parsa Tajik responded to users on X saying the xAI team was looking into "further tightening" safety guardrails.

It's not an isolated incident. X users frequently report that Grok's reported guardrails are easily circumvented to reproduce nonconsensual, sexualized content at the request of other users, often in the form of "undressing" or "redressing" user-uploaded images. The rise in sexualized content on the platform has been referred to as a "mass digital undressing spree," which a Reuters investigation attributes to Grok's lax safety guardrails. Mashable's own testing found that Grok's AI image and video generator, Grok Imagine, readily produced sexual deepfakes — even of famous celebrities.