US EditionTeens file lawsuit alleging Musk’s Grok chatbot made sexual images of them as minors
Three plaintiffs allege xAI’s Grok AI produced sexualized images of minors by altering real photos without basic safeguards, seeking class action and civil penalties.
- Three teenage girls recently filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, alleging that the company's Grok chatbot was used to generate and distribute sexually explicit deepfake images of them while they were minors.
- The legal complaint asserts that xAI lacked standard industry guardrails and intentionally marketed features like "Spicy Mode" and image-editing tools that enabled the creation of child sexual abuse material from harmless social media photos.
- According to the filing, the victims discovered the AI-altered nude images were being circulated on platforms like Discord and Telegram, leading to a criminal investigation and the arrest of a suspect who possessed the generated files.
- This lawsuit seeks significant damages for emotional and reputational harm while aiming to force the company to implement stricter safety protocols to prevent its technology from being used for the sexual predation of real people.
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Teens take Elon Musk’s 'predatory' AI tool Grok to court
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Three girls sue xAI from Elon Musk, accusing her of allowing the creation of their sexually explicit images. (ANSA)
Teens sue Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot for turning their photos into ‘child abuse images’
Lawyers for three young Tennesseans accused Grok’s parent company xAI of ‘profiting off the sexual predation of real children’ — and knowingly hosting ‘child pornography’ on its servers
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