Lawsuit Alleges Grok Generated 7,000 Abuse Images from One Child's Photo
The amended suit says Grok produced more than 7,000 illicit images from one child’s photo and accuses Stability AI of weakening safeguards.
- The class-action lawsuit against Grok expanded this week, adding two new plaintiffs, Jane Does 4 and 5, while naming Stability as a defendant for allegedly knowingly building models capable of producing CSAM.
- Jane Doe 4 from Wyoming alleges her stepfather used Grok to generate more than 7,000 CSAM-related images after uploading a photo taken when she was 11 to his phone.
- Lawyers allege Stability released Stable Diffusion 1.0 as an open-weight model despite knowing it was trained on CSAM, which fed an ecosystem of jailbroken 'nudify apps' that bypass safety protections.
- Annika K. Martin, representing minors in the lawsuit, slammed the companies as allegedly knowingly building models "capable of producing deepfake CSAM," claiming complete disregard for the devastation they knew would follow.
- NCMEC warned of a "sharp rise" in reports related to generative AI in 2025, noting that more than 1.5 million CyberTipline reports were made last year, indicating a nexus to GAI.
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Man Dies by Suicide After Using Grok AI to Make 7,000 Sexual Images of His Stepdaughter
An expanded lawsuit alleges xAI's Grok chatbot was used to create about 7,000 AI-generated child sexual abuse images of an 11-year-old girl over several months, and claims the man who made them later died by suicide after his arrest. Filed this week in federal court, the amended complaint broadens a proposed class action against xAI, alleging the company's safeguards failed to stop prolonged misuse of Grok and that its reporting to authorities w…
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More young girls sue X over Grok CSAM; X accused of shielding child predators.
Deepfake CSAM lawsuit against xAI, Grok expands
Two new parties have been added to a class-action lawsuit against X.ai over its Grok tool including teenagers and children who say it was used by family members or other people they know to create nonconsensual deepfake child sexual assault material (CSAM). The lawsuit, originally filed in March by three women, was amended this week to include two additional plaintiffs, Jane Does 4 and 5, who say that Grok was used to make the illegal content ba…
Teens file amended US claims alleging Grok made sexual images of them as minors | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
MLex Summary: A group of teens suing xAI filed an amended US complaint alleging the Grok chatbot made sexual images of them as minors. The complaint alleges that a single perpetrator compiled images and videos of high school girls and digitally altered some using the AI tool.
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