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The mother of one of Elon Musk’s children has sued the Tesla CEO, alleging that the AI chatbot Grok created sexually explicit deepfake images of her without her consent.
Ashley St. Clair’s lawsuit said, “xAI’s product Grok, a generative artificial intelligence (‘AI’) chatbot, uses AI to undress, humiliate, and sexually exploit victims.”
What does the lawsuit say?
The 27-year-old writer and political commentator said in her lawsuit that Grok generated and distributed “countless sexually abusive, intimate, and degrading deepfake content” of her based on other users’ requests.
In one of the instances mentioned in the lawsuit, St. Claire said that a user looked up one of her old photos where she was fully clothed as a 14-year-old and asked Grok to undress her.
St. Claire is seeking a jury trial and compensation, citing emotional distress and a loss of privacy.
“There is really no consequences for what’s happening right now. They are not taking any measures to stop this behavior at scale. Guess what? If you have to add safety after harm, that is not safety. That is simply damage control – and that’s what they’re doing right now," she told CNN.
xAI announces new measures
X on Wednesday announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from generating sexually explicit images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualized images of women and children.
X said it will “geoblock the ability” of all Grok and X users to create images of people in “bikinis, underwear, and similar attire” in those jurisdictions where such actions are deemed illegal.
“We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis,” X’s safety team said in a statement.
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International pressure had been building on xAI to rein in Grok after its so-called “Spicy Mode” feature allowed users to create sexualized deepfakes of women and children using simple text prompts such as “put her in a bikini” or “remove her clothes.”
With inputs from agencies