Mother of Elon Musk’s Child Sues His AI Company Over Sexual Deepfake Images Created by Grok

Mother of Elon Musk’s Child Sues His AI Company Over Sexual Deepfake Images Created by Grok
Illustration of the generative AI chatbot Grok in a file image. In early July, the chatbot unexpectedly produced and spread anti-Semitic posts, raising concerns about vulnerabilities in AI guardrails. Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
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The mother of one of Elon Musk’s children is suing his AI company, saying its Grok chatbot allowed users to generate sexually exploitive deepfake images of her that have caused her humiliation and emotional distress.

Ashley St. Clair, 27, who describes herself as a writer and political strategist, alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday in New York City against xAI that the images have included a photo of her fully dressed at age 14 that was altered to show her in a bikini, and others showing her as an adult in sexualized positions and wearing a bikini with swastikas. St. Clair is Jewish. Grok is on Musk’s social media platform X.