Overview
- St. Clair’s New York complaint says Grok generated sexualized deepfakes of her, including edits based on a fully clothed photo taken when she was 14 and images featuring swastikas and degrading text.
- xAI moved the case to federal court in Manhattan and filed a separate action in the Northern District of Texas arguing its user agreement requires litigation there.
- The suit alleges retaliation after her complaints, saying X revoked Premium perks, verification and monetization while fake images of her stayed online.
- X restricted Grok’s image editing on the platform and limited the tools to paid accounts, yet reporting indicates the standalone Grok app and website continued to produce sexualized images.
- Authorities escalated oversight with ongoing probes and orders, including a cease-and-desist from California’s attorney general and national blocks on Grok in Malaysia and Indonesia.