Labour MP Jess Asato Sues xAI Over Grok Deepfakes After 700 Abuse Responses
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Updated · observer.co.uk · Aug 2
Labour MP Jess Asato Sues xAI Over Grok Deepfakes After 700 Abuse Responses
3 articles · Updated · observer.co.uk · Aug 2
Summary
June court filings show Labour MP Jess Asato sued xAI in the High Court, alleging Grok enabled non-consensual sexualized deepfake images of her in breach of data-protection and privacy laws.
January attacks followed after Asato publicly urged Elon Musk to stop Grok generating such content; X users then produced fake bikini images, pregnancy images and a video depicting sexual assault preparation.
Court documents argue Grok was trained to generate harmful sexualized material and could add explicit content even when users did not request it, while not automatically treating references to teenage girls as minors.
More than 700 responses hit Asato after she announced the lawsuit, many containing misogynistic abuse, but she says the case aims to prove xAI broke the law and set consequences for AI platforms.