UK Labour MP Jess Asato is suing xAI over sexually express AI-generated pictures that had been created of her by Grok, The Financial Times reports. The lawsuit is the primary high-profile check of whether or not AI firms might be held accountable for content material individuals produce with their instruments within the UK.
Grok customers began producing and sharing pictures of Asato in January, proper round when it was first reported that the AI assistant had been used to create CSAM. Asato alleges customers prompted Grok to supply pictures of her in a bikini, together with an express video “displaying her being chloroformed and ready for a sexual assault,” FT writes. Customers later reshared, mentioned and produced extra AI pictures on X, the social platform owned by xAI.
Right this moment, I am launching a Excessive Courtroom declare towards xAI, the corporate behind Grok.
I’m simply one among 1000’s of girls and even kids who’ve been the sufferer of abusive and sexualised AI deepfakes.
This could by no means have occurred – and xAI have to be held accountable. https://t.co/Oc9XlxHQO6
— Jess Asato MP (@Jess4Lowestoft) June 3, 2026
Asato’s lawsuit claims that xAI violated legal guidelines across the misuse of personal info and knowledge safety, opening it as much as legal responsibility although particular person customers had been those to make use of Grok. She’s in search of monetary damages and an order that can pressure xAI to observe UK regulation. “My hope is that this may rebalance people’ rights towards very massive tech firms that ought to have put safeguards in place earlier than they harmed ladies and youngsters,” Asato stated to FT.
xAI claimed it put limits on Grok’s capacity to supply sexually express pictures in January, however these blocks had been fairly easily circumvented when put to the check. The adverse response to Grok’s capability to supply nonconsensual deepfakes has been widespread. Moreover being beneath investigation within the EU, UK and California, xAI or X are additionally being sued by the city of Baltimore, Maryland, a group of teens and Ashley St. Clair, the mom of one among Elon Musk’s kids.
All of that is occurring whereas SpaceX, the relatively new owner of each xAI and X, is trying to go public. It is arduous to say if the adverse consideration will do something to impression Musk’s new IPO, but it surely positively looks like any motion on reigning in Grok will come from regulators or one among these lawsuits, somewhat than the SpaceX CEO himself.
