Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has sued Musk’s xAI, claiming the company’s AI chatbot Grok generated sexually explicit deepfake images of her without consent. Filed in New York, the lawsuit alleges that Grok was used to “undress, humiliate, and sexually exploit victims,” and that it produced “countless sexually abusive, intimate, and degrading deepfake content” of St. Clair even after she informed the chatbot that she did not consent. In one case, users allegedly requested Grok to undress images of St. Clair at 14 years old, which the chatbot reportedly complied with.
xAI confirmed this week that Grok would no longer edit “images of real people in revealing clothing” on Musk’s social platform X, following backlash over deepfake generation, including of adults and, in some cases, children. The company responded by suing St. Clair in Texas for $75,000, citing its terms of service that mandate disputes be brought exclusively in Tarrant County. St. Clair’s attorney, Carrie Goldberg, criticized the move as a continuation of xAI’s “mistreatment” and called the chatbot a “public nuisance” and unsafe product.
Musk stated on X that he was “not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok” and that the chatbot “will refuse to produce anything illegal.” St. Clair is seeking a jury trial and compensation for emotional distress and loss of privacy. She publicly criticized xAI’s response, arguing that its measures are “damage control” rather than genuine safety efforts.
