Three Tennessee teens sued xAI, claiming Grok AI made sexualized images from their photos, causing trauma and enabling abuse.

Three Tennessee teens, including two minors, have filed a class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging the Grok AI chatbot generated nonconsensual, sexualized images using their public photos, which were then shared on platforms like Discord and Telegram. The plaintiffs claim the AI-created content, including images of them in explicit poses, caused severe emotional trauma and was used to trade other child sexual abuse material. Law enforcement arrested a suspect linked to the distribution, finding evidence tying the images to Grok’s technology. Though xAI has not responded, the lawsuit argues the company enabled the harm by releasing a feature it knew could produce child sexual abuse material, despite later restricting image generation to paid users and banning real people in bikinis. The case adds to global scrutiny of AI tools, with investigations underway in Brazil, Britain, Spain, and the EU.