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Three plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, alleging Grok generated abusive sexual images of real minors from normal photos. The suit seeks class action status and civil penalties, claiming xAI failed to implement safeguards standard across other AI image generators.
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00:02Three anonymous plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in a federal court on Monday,
00:06accusing Elon Musk's company XAI of allowing its Grok models to produce abusive sexual images
00:11of identifiable minors, according to TechCrunch. The plaintiffs seek class action status for
00:17anyone whose real images as minors were altered into sexual content by Grok.
00:22The lawsuit alleges that XAI failed to adopt safeguards used by other deep learning image
00:26generators to block child pornography created from normal photographs. All three plaintiffs,
00:32two of whom are minors, say they are experiencing extreme distress over the circulation of the
00:37altered images and their potential impact on their reputations and social lives. They are
00:42seeking civil penalties under laws intended to protect exploited children and prevent
00:47corporate negligence. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
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