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Musk’s xAI sued as Grok accused of generating exploitative AI deepfakes

Updated on: 18 January,2026 07:51 AM IST  |  New York
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Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has filed a lawsuit in New York against Musk’s AI company xAI, alleging that its chatbot Grok enabled the creation of sexually exploitative deepfake images of her. The 27-year-old claims the images including altered photos from her teenage years caused severe emotional distress

Musk’s xAI sued as Grok accused of generating exploitative AI deepfakes

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The mother of one of Elon Musk’s children is suing his AI company, saying its Grok chatbot allowed users to generate sexually exploitative deepfake images of her that have caused her humiliation and emotional distress.

Ashley St Clair, 27, alleges in a lawsuit filed on Thursday in New York City against xAI that the images have included a photo of her fully dressed at age 14 that was altered to show her in a bikini,  others pictures of her as an adult show her in  compromising positions while wearing a bikini with swastikas.


“I have suffered and continue to suffer serious pain and mental distress as a result of xAI’s role in creating and distributing these digitally altered images of me,” she said in a document attached to the lawsuit. “I am humiliated and feel like this nightmare will never stop so long as Grok continues to generate these images of me.” 



St Clair is the mother of Musk’s 16-month-old son, Romulus. In its announcement on Wednesday, X said it was implementing other safeguards on Grok including limiting image creation and editing to paid accounts, which it said would improve accountability.

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