Ashley St. Clair, the mom of one of Elon Musk’s youngsters, sued Musk’s xAI on Wednesday, alleging that the corporate’s AI chatbot Grok generated sexually specific deepfake images of her with out her consent.
“xAI’s product Grok, a generative artificial intelligence (‘AI’) chatbot, uses AI to undress, humiliate, and sexually exploit victims,” the lawsuit, which was filed in New York, reads.
St. Clair’s lawsuit got here after xAI confirmed on Wednesday that the Grok chatbot would no longer edit “images of real people in revealing clothing” on Musk’s social media platform X, following backlash after the chatbot was discovered to be complying with person requests to generate deepfake nude images of adults – and in some instances, youngsters.
In the lawsuit, St. Clair, a 27-year-old author and political commentator, alleged that this month that Grok generated and distributed “countless sexually abusive, intimate, and degrading deepfake content” of her at customers’ requests, even after she publicly knowledgeable Grok that she “did not consent” to being digitally undressed.
In one occasion, X customers allegedly dug up photographs of St. Clair absolutely clothed at 14 years outdated and requested Grok undress her, the swimsuit alleged. The chatbot obliged, based on the swimsuit.
xAI didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
On Wednesday Musk stated in a submit on X that he was “not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero.” Grok “will refuse to produce anything illegal, as the operating principle for Grok is to obey the laws of any given country or state,” he added.
St. Clair is looking for a jury trial, in addition to compensation, claiming emotional misery and a loss of privateness.
St. Clair and Musk have publicly sparred up to now. Earlier this week, Musk wrote on X that he plans to hunt full custody of their baby.
St. Clair joined NCS’s Erin Burnett Out Front on Wednesday to debate the sexually specific deepfakes she stated Grok has created of her.
“There is really no consequences for what’s happening right now. They are not taking any measures to stop this behavior at scale,” St. Clair about xAI stated in the course of the look.
“Guess what? If you have to add safety after harm, that is not safety. That is simply damage control – and that’s what they’re doing right now,” she added.