Child sexual abuse survivor alleges Elon Musk’s AI chatbot used photos of her to generate new illegal images
Musk denied he was aware Grok ever produced ‘any naked underage images’ A survivor of child sexual abuse has sued Elon Musk ’s artificial intelligence company, alleging that its chatbot used pictures of her abuse to generate new illegal pornographic images that depict her. “Using real images of Plaintiff and class members, Grok generated child pornography depicting Plaintiff and class members,”…
A child sexual abuse survivor is suing Elon Musk's AI company, alleging that Grok, its chatbot, utilized pictures of her abuse to produce new pornographic images depicting her. The lawsuit, filed in a California US district court, asserts that xAI both generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) using the plaintiff and ingested child sexual abuse images into its datasets.
Grok allegedly ignored industry-standard safety measures, leading to CSAM appearing and spreading on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Musk denied awareness of Grok producing "any naked underage images" in January, while the company sued two of its users in late August for allegedly engaging in the same activity. This case stands out from other xAI child sexual abuse-related lawsuits by accusing the company's AI of using pre-existing CSAM to generate AI-generated child sexual abuse images.
The plaintiff, who was pre-school-aged when repeatedly raped and forced to produce CSAM by an adult man, remains identifiable due to the series of images being in circulation online for about 20 years. Attorneys argue that this differs from many criminal cases involving AI-generated material, as they can associate the AI-generated CSAM with the identifiable victim. xAI and SpaceX, which acquired the company in February, have not responded to requests for comment.
The lawsuit alleges that thousands of minors may be included in the class, and the use of AI to produce CSAM poses new threats to victims' safety and mental health.
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