Teens in the US sue xAI, saying Grok was used to make abuse images of them

An 18-year-old woman from Wisconsin in the US has joined a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI. Her middle school graduation photo, taken when she was 14, was turned into child sexual abuse material using the AI chatbot Grok and posted online. Similar lawsuits have been filed in Tennessee, Arkansas, California and other states, with some victims as young as six. Third-party analysis shows that most of Grok's visual outputs are sexual in nature, and reports estimate tens of thousands of sexualized images of children were generated. Grok's Spicy mode supports adult content and is said to be popular among users trying to break internet rules. The core legal question is who should be responsible when AI generates harmful content: the user who asks for it, or the company that builds it. Attorneys general from 35 US states have urged xAI to do more, and some countries have temporarily banned Grok, but no major penalties have come so far. Many victims now suffer from anxiety and depression, and courts are becoming their last resort for relief.