Grok stripped the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, and she’s now suing

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St. Clair is One of many people Over the past few weeks who have found themselves Taking off his clothes without permission Powered by X’s AI chatbot, Grok. The chatbot was gingerly complying with users’ requests to remove clothing from several women and some minors, or to place them in sexual positions or scenarios. The feature caused an occurrence Uproar from policymakers All over the world who have launched and undertaken investigations New and current Laws This type of behavior should be prevented. But so far, Edge I found itThe robot continues to comply with the requests.

St. Clair filed a lawsuit against xAI in New York State, asking for a restraining order to prevent xAI from making more deepfakes of her, and the case was quickly moved to federal court on Thursday. It claims the company caused a public nuisance and that the product is “unreasonably dangerous as designed.” The Wall Street Journal I mentioned earlier. The argument is similar to that used in other social media cases brought this year, focusing on product liability in an attempt to circumvent the strong legal shield for hosting content under Section 230.

St. Clair is represented by Carrie Goldberg, who has been at the forefront of these kinds of arguments against tech companies. The complaint says Section 230 should not protect xAI because “the materials created and disseminated by Grok are created by xAI.”

xAI She filed her own suit v. St. Clair on Thursday in the Northern District of Texas, arguing that it breached its contract with the company by taking its dispute to a different court, when the company’s terms of service require it to file claims exclusively in Texas court.

In response to a request for comment sent to xAI’s media email, Edge He received what appeared to be an automated response: “Legacy Media Lies.”