What it's like to be undressed by Grok without your consent

March 6, 2026·31 min·2 clips

Users prompted Grok by tagging it in replies to Iona's photo, generating images from dental floss outfits to racially charged scenarios that looked disturbingly realistic.

The warning comes first. Before the story starts, the episode tells listeners it will describe non-consensual sexual situations. Then Iona arrives. She is in Glasgow, Scotland, and introduces herself as a Scottish folk singer and activist. At first, the tone is light: music, accent, the odd little corners of Scottish traditional ballads. Then Grok enters, and the episode turns. What happened to Iona without her consent is ugly, and the story gets more disturbing as it goes. She speaks out. The piece follows the harm, but it also stays with her response and her worry about what might come next. The Endless Thread rhythm is still here: setup, reaction, bits of banter, then a quick shift into something serious. The hosts do not dress it up with technical fog or turn it into spectacle. Iona stays at the center. Her work as a musician and activist matters because this is about a real person, not a vague online controversy. The question left hanging is simple and grim: if this can happen to her, what happens to someone with less warning and less recourse?

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A Scottish folk singer's experience with Grok becomes a clear, human story about consent, image abuse, and speaking back.

Endless Thread gives Iona Fyfe room to be a person before she becomes a case study. She arrives as a Scottish folk singer and activist, someone drawn to traditional ballads, place names, old battles, and the pull of home.

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Iona Fyfe found out Grok had generated nonconsensual sexual content of her. Then she decided to talk about it.

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