SpaceX's xAI may face Virginia AG litigation over Grok creation of sexualized images
By Mike Swift ( October 23, 2026, 19:33 GMT | Insight) -- SpaceX said in a US securities filing that it could face a lawsuit from Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones over its statements around the propensity of its Grok chatbot to generate nonconsensual deepfake images of women and children. SpaceX said it had been notified by the Virginia attorney general that "it is contemplating bringing suit based on allegations that they misrepresented and omitted Grok's propensity to generate nonconsensual explicit images and/or content representing women and/or children in sexualized contexts."The Virginia attorney general notified SpaceX's artificial intelligence subsidiary in recent days that the company may soon face litigation alleging it misrepresented how frequently its Grok chatbot generates sexually explicit images of women and children....
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