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California launches investigation into xAI and Grok over sexualized AI images

California AG probes xAI’s Grok after an 'avalanche' of reports about nonconsensual explicit deepfake images, including alleged sexualized images of minors, amid global regulatory actions.

  • California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation into xAI for producing non-consensual sexually explicit material, which he described as shocking and used to harass individuals online.
  • Bonta stated that xAI facilitates the large-scale production of deepfake non-consensual intimate images on social media platform X, targeting women and girls.
  • Sir Keir Starmer mentioned that if social media platform X cannot regulate Grok, then action would be taken against it.
  • California Governor Gavin Newsom called xAI's actions a 'breeding ground for predators' in response to the investigation.
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH BANGKOK (AP) — Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, will not be allowed to edit photos to show real people scantily clad in places where that is illegal, according to a statement published on X. The announcement, made late Wednesday, followed a global backlash over the generation of sexualized images of women and children that included bans and warnings from some governments. The state of California, for example, announced an inves…

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Several states take legal action against the sexualized deepfakes of AI-Chatbot Grok. Now Elon Musk reacts: His service X will no longer tolerate the images.

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WTVB broke the news in on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
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