xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users.
Facing mounting pressure to acknowledge that Grok can still be used to generate non-consensual sexualized images of adults and minors, xAI filed a lawsuit Tuesday, suing the first user that Elon Musk’s firm has accused of using its chatbot to create illegal content. The complaint targets Terry Wayne Harwood, who was arrested earlier this year for possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), the South Carolina attorney’s office announced. As xAI alleged, the company assiste
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An AI company has filed a lawsuit against a user accused of using its chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material, marking the company's first legal action in response to allegations that its tool can create such content. The lawsuit comes after the company previously denied seeing examples of such abuse material generated by its product, but now appears to acknowledge it can happen while arguing that users alone bear responsibility for illegal outputs. Victims have filed a separate class action lawsuit claiming the company failed to cooperate with law enforcement and overlooked harmful requests, with one report indicating the company included user information in only a small fraction of reports it submitted to authorities. The case centers on whether courts will accept the company's argument that AI outputs should be treated as user-created content for which the company bears no legal responsibility.
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