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Labour MP Jess Asato has filed a High Court claim against Elon Musk's xAI, alleging the company failed to prevent its AI image generator Grok from producing sexually explicit deepfakes of her. The lawsuit, the first major test of liability for AI‑generated content in the UK, cites violations of privacy and data‑protection laws. Asato seeks damages and an order forcing xAI to comply with UK regulations, while the company faces parallel investigations in the EU, UK and California and other lawsuits tied to its AI tools. Read more

Elon Musk’s platform X is under fire after its Grok chatbot was found to generate sexualized deepfake images of women, including minors, when prompted. Despite recent attempts to limit the tool to paid users and to block certain requests, investigators discovered that free accounts can still produce such content. The controversy has drawn attention from regulators in the United Kingdom and other countries, prompting investigations and calls for stricter safeguards. Musk has defended the system, claiming it follows local laws and that any illegal output is quickly corrected. Read more