Overview
- Ashley St. Clair filed a New York lawsuit alleging Grok generated sexually explicit deepfakes of her, including images based on photos from when she was 14.
- Her complaint seeks injunctive relief and damages and claims X retaliated after her complaints by deboosting her account, removing her Premium status and demonetizing her.
- xAI filed a same‑day suit in Texas, arguing its terms require disputes to be litigated in Texas courts and seeking damages over alleged breach of contract.
- X announced new controls that block editing real people into revealing clothing on its platform, restrict image tools to paid users and geoblock content where illegal, though reporters found workarounds via Grok’s app and website.
- Regulatory pressure is mounting with probes by Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, the California attorney general and EU/UK authorities, and access restrictions reported in Indonesia and Malaysia.