Grok Accused of Being Trained on CSAM in New Class-Action Lawsuit
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A new proposed class-action accuses Elon Musk’s xAI and Grok of training its AI chatbot on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), alleging CSAM posted via Grok fed back into training to generate more abuse content; the plaintiff seeks damages and destruction of all Grok-generated CSAM, arguing there is no AI exception to federal child-protection laws. This is the first suit to claim Grok was trained on CSAM, following prior legal actions over safeguards and user abuse of the tool.
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- Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says Ars Technica
- Former sexual abuse victims say Grok used their images, videos to train deepfake capabilities CyberScoop
- Elon Musk's xAI Sued For Using Child Survivor Photos To Generate Abusive Content NDTV
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