The mother of one of Elon Musk’s children is suing his company – alleging that explicit images of her were created by its Grok AI tool, including one in which she was underage.
Ashley St. Clair has filed a lawsuit The New York State Supreme Court case against XAI alleged that Grok, which is used on the social media platform X, had promised to stop generating explicit images but continued to do so.
She is seeking punitive and compensatory damages, claiming that dozens of sexually explicit and humiliating deepfake images were created by Grok.
After two weeks of public outcry over the tool being used to create sexualized images of women and children, the company said Wednesday it would “geoblock” users’ ability to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear and similar attire through Grok accounts and Grok in X in countries where it was illegal.
St. Clair, 27, who is estranged from Musk, is a right-wing influencer, author and political commentator. She and Musk are the parents of a son born in 2024.
She is being represented by victims’ rights attorney Carrie Goldberg, who specializes in holding tech companies accountable and has previously represented women who were victims of sexual harassment and abuse.
Goldberg told the Guardian: “The
“This harm flowed directly from deliberate design choices that enabled Grok to be used as a tool of harassment and humiliation. Companies should not be able to avoid responsibility when the products they make cause such harm. We intend to help hold Grok accountable and establish clear legal boundaries for the benefit of the entire public to prevent AI from becoming a weapon for abuse.”
The filing alleges that the social media company “retaliated against her, shutting down her
According to the filing, one of the images created by Grok included a 14-year-old girl posing in a string bikini and St. Clair as an adult posed for sexually explicit material, including a request to “put the girl in a bikini made of floss.”
The filing states that not only were the images actually non-consensual, but “Grok and XAI also had the express knowledge that St. Clair was not consenting to the creation or dissemination of these images” due to the removal request.
Grok also responded to user requests to add tattoos to St. Clair’s body — including the words “Elon’s Whore,” the filing said.
St. Clair, who is Jewish, alleges Groke digitally made her wear a bikini emblazoned with swastikas.
The lawsuit states that X “benefited financially from the creation and dissemination of non-consensual, realistic, erotic deepfake content depicting plaintiffs as minors and adults”.
“xAI is directly liable for the harassing and explicit images created by its own chatbot, Grok,” the filing said.
Musk has posted on X that users of his app are responsible for the images they create. He recently said: “Anyone using Grok to create illegal content will face the same consequences as those who upload illegal content.”
He added: “Obviously, Grok does not generate images automatically, it only does so according to user requests.”
एक्स ने गुरुवार को कहा कि इसमें “किसी भी प्रकार के बाल यौन शोषण, गैर-सहमति वाली नग्नता और अवांछित यौन सामग्री के प्रति शून्य सहनशीलता है”।
The company has filed a counterclaim claiming that per X’s terms of service, St. Clair cannot sue the company in New York, but must do so in Texas.
St Clair previously told the Guardian she felt “horrified and humiliated”, adding: “This is another tool of harassment. Consent is the whole point.”
He said Musk’s acolytes had disliked him since he spoke publicly about his desire to create a “legion” of children. Musk is the father of 13 other children, including three with other women.
X has been contacted for comment.
