Destroy all Grok CSAM, Doe says
In her proposed class action, Doe seeks to put an end to Grok’s harmful outputs. If approved, the class would represent every victim whose childhood images have been used to generate Grok CSAM.
The lawsuit accuses X of violating federal child pornography laws, as well as Masha’s Law, both of which give CSAM survivors a right to sue on claims of production, possession, and distribution. A lawyer for Doe, Margaret E. Mabie, suggested in the press release that all three are crimes and “xAI did all three.”
If Doe wins, xAI could owe money damages to every victim who can prove that Grok generated CSAM based on their real photos. Doe’s also asked the court to order xAI to destroy all Grok-generated CSAM that it may be storing on its servers and using to train Grok models. Additionally, she wants xAI to block Grok from ever generating CSAM, which her complaint suggested would require blocking Grok from any sexualized outputs, including NCII and NSFW “bikini pics” that Musk has promoted.
Sarah London, one of Doe’s lawyers, said in the press release that Doe “has lived for nearly two decades knowing that images of the worst thing that ever happened to her are circulating among predators online, and that they can resurface at any moment. xAI must be held responsible for knowingly training its models on images of the horrific abuse she suffered, and on the abuse images of every other survivor in this class.”
X did not respond to Ars’ request to comment.