Baltimore sues Musk's xAI over Grok's creation of sexually explicit images
Source: NBC News
The city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, alleging that its tool, Grok, has continued to generate non-consensual sexual images in violation of the city's consumer protection and deceptive practice laws.
The complaint claims that users on Musk's social media platform X are at risk of being exposed to the Grok-generated content “simply by using a mainstream consumer social media platform” and are at risk of having their own photos “transformed into sexually degrading deepfakes without their knowledge or consent.”
Baltimore said those risks did not align with xAI's marketing, which it said positioned Grok and X as safe platforms and products for users, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.
“Baltimore residents have a reasonable expectation that they will not be exposed to this illegal content on X, and that X will not harass its own customers with Grok-generated deepfakes,” the complaint said.
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