The lawsuit, filed in the San Jose, California federal court, is seeking class-action status for people in the US who were “reasonably identifiable” in sexualized images or videos generated by Grok based on real images of themselves.
After an outcry over sexually explicit content generated by the chatbot, xAI said in January that it had blocked all users from editing images of “real people in revealing clothing” and from generating images of people in revealing clothing in “jurisdictions where it’s illegal.”
Governments and regulators around the world have also since launched probes, imposed bans and demanded safeguards in a growing push to curb illegal and offensive material. The lawsuit claims xAI failed to install safeguards to prevent its systems from generating sexual content involving minors. All three plaintiffs were minors at the time the images were generated. Plaintiffs allege their real images were digitally altered into explicit content and then shared online through platforms, causing emotional distress and creating a public nuisance.
–Reuters–
