New Delhi, Jan. 3 -- A 'spicy mode' feature released in the US in early August by Grok, the foundational AI platform by Elon Musk, has raised a fresh round of questions on the ethics and permissibility of AI-generated content on social media platforms in India, apart from highlighting the need to redefine the safe harbour protection clause, which gives intermediaries blanket immunity from prosecution.

This comes days after India's ministry of electronics and IT (Meity) warned social media platforms against a rising volume of sexually explicit content online.

Over the past two days, complaints emerged on X, formerly Twitter, about users prompting Grok, which is embedded in the platform, to modify photos of people into sexually explicit v...