Child sexual abuse survivor alleges Elon Musk’s AI chatbot used photos of her to generate new illegal images

A survivor of child sexual abuse has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, alleging that its chatbot, Grok, used existing images of her abuse to generate new, illegal child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe, was abused as a preschool-aged child, and the original CSAM has circulated online for two decades. The lawsuit claims xAI ingested this known material into its datasets and then created and distributed new depictions of her on the social media platform X. Unlike other suits where AI created CSAM from non-explicit photos, this case highlights the use of pre-existing illegal images, which are typically tracked via digital fingerprints. The complaint states the class may include thousands of minors. The attorneys argue this creates a new, ongoing threat to victims, as AI can generate novel abuse scenarios, perpetually retraumatizing them.

(Source：the Guardian)