Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has filed a lawsuit against xAI, the company behind the chatbot Grok, alleging the creation of sexually exploitative deepfake images using her likeness. St. Clair, a 27-year-old writer and political strategist, filed the case on Thursday in the New York State Supreme Court. She claimed that Grok allowed users to generate altered images of her, including one based on a photo taken when she was 14 years old, showing her in a bikini. According to the lawsuit, other AI-generated images portrayed her as an adult in explicit sexual positions. One image allegedly showed her wearing a bikini with a swastika printed on it. St. Clair, who is Jewish, said the images caused her severe emotional distress and amounted to defamation. xAI Files Counter-Case Against Ashley St Clair xAI has filed a counter-case against Ashley St. Clair. On Thursday, the company moved the case from a New York State Court to a federal court in Manhattan. On the same day, xAI also filed a separate countersuit against St. Clair in a federal court in Texas. The company claims that St. Clair violated the xAI user agreement, which requires any legal case against xAI to be filed only in a Texas federal court. In its counter-case, xAI has sought damages, though the amount has not been disclosed. Serious Allegations Against X and xAI St Clair has made serious allegations against social media platform X and its AI arm, xAI. She said that after discovering deepfake photos of herself, she complained to X last year and requested their removal. However, the platform initially responded that the images did not violate its policies. Later, X assured her that her photos would not be used or altered without her consent. Despite this assurance, St. Clair alleged she faced retaliation. According to her claims, X removed her premium subscription and verification badge, stopped monetization on her account despite nearly one million followers, and allowed the fake and defamatory images to remain on the platform. Who is Ashley St Clair? Ashley St. Clair is the mother of Elon Musk’s 16-month-old son, Romulus, and lives in New York City. She has filed a legal case seeking damages for emotional distress and other claims. She has also asked the court to order xAI to immediately stop creating deepfake content involving her. X bans Grok from creating obscene images X announced a global restriction on its AI tool Grok, banning it from creating or editing obscene images. The platform said Grok will no longer reduce or alter clothing in photos of real people in regions where such actions are illegal. X also limited Grok’s image creation and editing features to paid users only, citing the need for greater accountability. The company reiterated its zero-tolerance policy on child sexual abuse, non-consensual nudity, and unwanted sexual content. Such content will be removed immediately, and in cases involving minors, account details will be shared with law enforcement agencies. Read full news…
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