New Delhi, June 12 -- New York's Times Square was greeted on Thursday by a giant inflatable sculpture of Elon Musk, appearing just a day before SpaceX's highly anticipated IPO, which is expected to further boost the billionaire's already massive wealth.

The oversized display depicted a smiling, shirtless Musk and carried a series of critical messages aimed at the entrepreneur and his AI venture.

One prominent inscription on the inflatable stated: "SpaceX's Grok makes AI child porn", referring to allegations that Grok, the chatbot developed by xAI and later acquired by SpaceX, generated sexually explicit images involving children.

Addressing similar concerns earlier this year, Musk said in January that "anyone using Grok to make illegal...