Overview
- St. Clair filed in New York and the case was removed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York at xAI’s request.
- xAI separately sued St. Clair in federal court in Texas, citing terms-of-service and venue provisions and seeking damages exceeding $75,000.
- The lawsuit claims retaliation by X, including demonetization, loss of verification and Premium access, and seeks emergency relief to halt further images.
- X restricted the @Grok bot from editing images of real people in revealing clothing on the platform, but reports say the standalone app and website could still produce such edits.
- Regulatory pressure has escalated, with blocks in Malaysia and Indonesia and probes in the U.K. and California, as independent analyses documented high volumes of nonconsensual images.