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xAI sues user for exploiting AI tool to sexualise minors

First publishedJul 15, 18:24 UTC
Last updatedJul 15, 23:24 UTC · 15m ago
11 outletNew York Post22 outletsAl Jazeera, The Verge
New York Post5Elon Musk’s xAI sues Grok user for allegedly creating sexually explicit deepfakes of adults, minorsOpen ↗Al Jazeera7xAI sues user for exploiting AI tool to sexualise minorsOpen ↗The Verge6xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’Open ↗
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Elon Musk’s xAI has filed a lawsuit against a South Carolina man who was arrested earlier this year on charges of sexually exploiting minors, alleging that he misused the company’s AI tool to create sexually explicit content involving a child. The lawsuit, filed in a Texas federal court on Tuesday, alleges that Terry Harwood knowingly violated the company’s terms of service to create the material.

Reported by 3 outlets — Al Jazeera, The Verge, New York Post. See all sources ↓

Elon Musk’s xAI has filed a lawsuit against a South Carolina man who was arrested earlier this year on charges of sexually exploiting minors, alleging that he misused the company’s AI tool to create sexually explicit content involving a child. The lawsuit, filed in a Texas federal court on Tuesday, alleges that Terry Harwood knowingly violated the company’s terms of service to create the material. “[The] Defendant opened multiple xAI accounts using false identities. Despite expressly agreeing to abide by the xAI Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy, Defendant designed misleading prompts to circumvent Grok’s built-in safeguards and then abused the tool to convert non-sexual photographs into sexually explicit images without the photograph subjects’ knowledge or consent,” the 12-page complaint said.

Read the full report at Al Jazeera ↗

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Elon Musk’s xAI has filed a lawsuit against a South Carolina man who was arrested earlier this year on charges of sexually exploiting minors, alleging that he misused the company’s AI tool to create sexually explicit content involving a child. The lawsuit, filed in a Texas federal court on Tuesday, alleges that Terry Harwood knowingly violated the company’s terms of service to create the material.
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3 outlets, average source rating 6.0/10.
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