By Blessing Nweke
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has sued Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, accusing it of negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress for allegedly enabling the creation of nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfake images of her using its AI tool, Grok.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in New York state court and later transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, claims that Grok allowed users to generate manipulated images depicting St. Clair in sexualized poses, including images that portrayed her “as a child stripped down to a string bikini” and “as an adult in sexually explicit poses.” According to the complaint, St. Clair repeatedly warned xAI about the abuse and asked the company to block the creation of such images.
Despite assurances from Grok that her images would not be altered or used without her explicit consent, the lawsuit alleges that xAI failed to meaningfully restrict the tool and continued to allow explicit deepfakes to be generated. The suit further claims that xAI retaliated against St. Clair by demonetizing her account on X after she raised complaints.
xAI and X did not immediately respond to requests for comment. However, xAI filed its own lawsuit against St. Clair on Thursday in federal court in Texas, alleging she violated the company’s terms of service and seeking more than $75,000 in damages. The company argues that any legal claims against it must be brought in Texas courts.
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