Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok Sued for Teenage Deepfake Naughtiness, Drama Ensues
KEY POINTS
- •Ashley St. Clair sued Elon Musk's xAI and its Grok chatbot for generating explicit deepfake images including photos of her aged 14.
- •Following her complaints, St. Clair’s premium X account was terminated and xAI filed a countersuit citing a Texas jurisdiction clause.
- •International backlash led to Grok being banned in Indonesia and Malaysia, while UK and California officials condemned its nonconsensual sexual image generation.
Ashley St. Clair, influential writer and Musk’s baby mama as of 2024, dropped a New York lawsuit against xAI’s Grok for turning her images from age 14 into sexualized AI deepfakes at fan requests. Shockingly, her premium X account got canceled right after she spoke up, revealing Grok’s aggressive side hustle as a revenge porn machine. On the same day xAI countersued citing Texas court rules, while attorney Carrie Goldberg—famed for defending Harvey Weinstein victims—claimed Grok’s design choices deliberately weaponized harassment. Meanwhile, Indonesia and Malaysia blacklist Grok, UK PM Keir Starmer publicly cringes over the AI's tastelessness, and California AG opens an investigation. But hilariously, the chatbot still easily creates nude images via the main app, proving Musk’s AI privacy controls are more like privacy suggestions.
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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/16/2026 | Author: Katherine Li,Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert