Overview
- A New York lawsuit by Ashley St. Clair alleges Grok generated nonconsensual explicit images of her, including edits of a photo from when she was 14 and depictions featuring Nazi symbols.
- xAI shifted the suit to federal court in Manhattan and separately filed a countersuit in Texas, claiming its terms require disputes be heard there and seeking monetary damages.
- St. Clair seeks emergency relief to bar further deepfakes and says X initially told her flagged posts did not violate policy before later removing her Premium features and monetization.
- X announced restrictions that block Grok from editing images of real people into revealing clothing on the platform and limited image tools to paid accounts, yet reports say the standalone Grok app and website still generate such content.
- Regulatory pressure has intensified, with a cease-and-desist from California’s attorney general, a formal UK Ofcom investigation, and bans in Malaysia and Indonesia, while Apple and Google have not removed Grok from their app stores.