It was inevitable that allowing people to create emojis on demand would lead to some inappropriate creations.
But with Apple’s Genmoji tool rolling out in beta, it seems the company has underestimated the creativity of its customers.
Since its release, iPhone users have already started using the AI tool to flood social media with their X-rated creations.
Despite Apple’s safeguards, users’ “devilish” creations have already included everything from guns and drugs to some very suggestive eggplants.
Genmoji allows users to generate custom emojis on their iPhones and share them with their friends by providing simple text descriptions.
In some cases, users had to use their imagination to trick the AI into generating exactly what they were looking for.
However, a few users report that simply entering “gun” or “weed” into the search engine has been enough to generate the offensive emoji.
Sensing that Apple won’t be too happy with this development, a commenter on social media wrote, “This will be censored soon, mark my words.”
A month after Genmoji was released in beta, iPhone users are flooding the internet with their X-rated emoji
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The new Genmoji tool lets users create custom emojis, but iPhone users have quickly found ways to trick the system into creating inappropriate and suggestive images
Genmoji will be released to the public in the coming months as part of iOS 18.2, but has been made available to developers as part of a beta test.
The AI image generation system is built with limitations to prevent users from creating anything too offensive or suggestive.
But as with almost any AI tool, users very quickly found ways around these safeguards.
For example, users found that asking for images containing “eggplants” produces an error message that reads: “No results – Try describing something else to create a new emoji.”
But determined degenerates soon discovered that Gemoji was more than happy to oblige users’ requests to post an emoji featuring an “eggplant” instead.
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One user shared their own eggplant emoji on Reddit, writing, “I could get used to this.”
Other similarly suggestive examples shared on social media show eggplant and peach emojis being held, licked, eaten and doused with all kinds of unspecified liquids.
Social media users found that requests for ‘eggplant’ emoji were blocked, but Genmoji had no problem making requests for ‘eggplant’ emojis instead
Some social media users have lamented that it won’t be long before Apple cracks down on their ability to create custom X-rated emojis
Users were surprised at how easily they could make emoji leaves depict cannabis leaves, with some creating the symbols by simply searching for ‘weed’
One commenter shared an image on X and joked that it was a product of “the power Genmoji gave me.”
iPhone users have also been quick to share their top tips for getting around the limitations of the new system.
One commenter wrote: ‘Usually you can just type it in directly. Otherwise you have to get creative and put a ‘white sauce’ on a peach with it.’
While another joked: ‘The second I saw this announced at WWDC I knew it was just going to be an arms race to see what is the most absolutely diabolical thing you can make it generate.’
While some of the X-rated combinations took some creativity to generate, some were surprisingly simple.
For example, iPhone users were shocked that they could get Genmoji to create an image of a gun by simply entering “gun.”
Another user said they could get Genmoji to create a realistic gun by entering the term “hunting equipment.”
This is especially surprising considering that Apple previously removed the gun emoji on iOS by replacing it with a plastic water gun.
Although Apple previously removed the gun emoji, iPhone users discovered they could create new gun emoji by typing “gun” (left) or “hunting gear” (right)
Users have also been able to generate other items such as condoms (left) and bottles that resemble the ‘poppers’ for recreational party drugs (right)
Similarly, one user reported that he was able to generate an emoji that looked a lot like a cannabis leaf by asking for “weed.”
Other iPhone users have shared images of Genmoji made to resemble poppers, a recreational party drug, as well as cigarettes and condoms.
Some savvy users have also taken advantage of Genmoji’s photo feature to create emojis of famous public figures and politicians.
The AI image generator allows users to create emoji from their contact’s corresponding photos by typing their name in the Genmoji description field.
However, as one X user discovered, by creating a fake contact using an image of a famous iPhone, users can easily create Genmoji of anyone they want.
On X, a user shared how to create an emoji of Joe Biden eating ice cream and Donald Trump crying.
But as users share their exploits online, others wondered how long it would take for Apple to address these loopholes.
On Reddit, one user wrote, “By the time the rest of us get access, this will be long gone as people post about it.”
One user even managed to trick Genmoji into creating images of Donald Trump (left) and Joe Biden (right) by creating fake contact pages using the politicians’ photos
“I think this is why it will remain in beta for a long time so Apple can try to block as much of it as possible before it comes out,” another added.
While one iPhone user joked: ‘Don’t let Apple engineers know about this.’
It’s not yet clear whether the emoji generated in the beta will be usable after public release or how strict Apple’s final restrictions will be.
iOS 18.2 isn’t expected to roll out until late December, along with other AI features like Image Playground.
The staggered release is intended to give Apple more time to refine its new products, but it could also give them plenty of time to address these user-generated shenanigans.
MailOnline has contacted Apple for comment.