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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Labour MP sues Elon Musk’s xAI company over fake sexualised images

MP Jess Asato holds papers while speaking in the House of Commons
Jess Asato: ‘My hope is that this will rebalance individuals’ rights against very large tech companies.’ Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

A Labour MP has taken legal action against Elon Musk’s xAI company after saying its Grok tool helped a user produce fake sexualised pictures of her, part of a wave of such images that flooded the social media platform X earlier this year.

Jess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft, said in January that seeing herself portrayed by the AI tool as wearing a bikini without her consent was “violating”.

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