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X.AI sued in US court over Grok deepfakes

( January 23, 2026, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A proposed US class action has been filed against x.AI Corp. over Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot that produces nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfake images publicly posted on X. “This form of image-based sexual abuse has devastating psychological and real-life consequences for victims. Individual harms include violations of mental and physical integrity, dignity, privacy, and sexual expression. Moreover, being subject to such conduct creates substantial amounts of stress, anxiety, and fear as AI-generated deepfakes, once disseminated online, can be replicated multiple times, shared and stored on privately-owned devices, making them difficult to locate and remove,” plaintiffs said. See attached file. ...

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