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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Amelia Gentleman

New claimants seek to sue Elon Musk’s xAI after Labour MP’s test case

xAI and Grok logos on a phone screen
Jess Asato’s claim argues xAI violated data protection law and breached her private information when it allowed the images to be generated. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

New claimants have come forward to take legal action against Elon Musk’s company xAI after the Labour MP Jess Asato launched a test case against the firm over demeaning sexualised material created by its Grok AI tool.

A handful of complainants contacted Asato’s lawyer on Thursday in response to coverage of the MP’s decision to sue Musk’s company for damages over its creation and circulation of fake images of her in a bikini and an AI-created video that she said showed her “being chloroformed and prepared for a sexual assault”.

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