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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Dani Oh

Man Dies by Suicide After Using Grok AI to Make 7,000 Sexual Images of His Stepdaughter

The Grok logo from xAI (Credit: Grok logo by xAI, 2025/Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.)

An expanded lawsuit alleges xAI's Grok chatbot was used to create about 7,000 AI-generated child sexual abuse images of an 11-year-old girl over several months, and claims the man who made them later died by suicide after his arrest.

Filed this week in federal court, the amended complaint broadens a proposed class action against xAI, alleging the company's safeguards failed to stop prolonged misuse of Grok and that its reporting to authorities was inadequate. The filing says the stepfather's death left the alleged victim, identified as Jane Doe 4, to continue pursuing the case.

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