Woman Joins xAI Suit, Says Grok Generated 7,000+ Explicit Images of Her
A woman identified as Jane Doe 4 has joined a lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, originally filed by three Tennessee teenagers, alleging its Grok chatbot aided the generation of child sexual abuse material. She claims her stepfather used Grok to alter a childhood photo taken when she was 11, producing more than 7,000 explicit images of her. Two days after law enforcement discovered the images in a raid, her stepfather was found dead by suicide. Plaintiffs are seeking class-action status, citing millions of violating images on X.
A woman identified by the pseudonym Jane Doe 4 has joined the lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI. The case, initially brought by three Tennessee teenagers, alleges that the company's artificial-intelligence chatbot Grok has facilitated the generation of child sexual abuse material. The woman alleges that her stepfather used Grok to alter a childhood photograph of her taken at age 11, generating more than 7,000 explicit images depicting her. She also revealed that two days after law enforcement discovered the images during a raid, her stepfather was found dead of an apparent suicide.
The teenagers who filed the earlier suit accuse xAI of failing to implement basic safeguards to prevent Grok from being used to generate explicit images of real people, including minors. In early 2026, millions of such images reportedly produced by Grok appeared on the social platform X. xAI is now affiliated with SpaceX. The plaintiffs are seeking to have the case certified as a class action.
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