California AG Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to Musk’s xAI Over Nonconsensual Explicit Images

More than 10,000 images generated by xAI between Christmas and New Year’s show people wearing little clothing, with some appearing to be children, said Bonta.
California AG Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to Musk’s xAI Over Nonconsensual Explicit Images
Grok is a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbot developed by xAI, based on a large language model (LLM). It is developed at the initiative of Elon Musk in response to the rise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
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California’s top law enforcement official on Friday ordered Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI to stop the creation and distribution of unauthorized sexually explicit digital images, warning that they could be in violation of the law.

Attorney General Rob Bonta sent a formal cease-and-desist notice to the company, citing a surge in complaints about its Grok chatbot creating suggestive or explicit images without consent.
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.