xAI, a company owned by Elon Musk, has initiated legal action against Terry Wayne Harwood, a South Carolina resident, for allegedly using the Grok AI chatbot to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM). According to the lawsuit, which was reported by Reuters, xAI claims that Harwood knowingly circumvented safeguards to alter nonconsensual images and generate CSAM, violating the company's policies. Harwood was arrested in February on charges related to the possession and distribution of CSAM and is facing eight felony charges. The lawsuit asserts that some of the images connected to Harwood's criminal charges were generated or altered using Grok.
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xAI files lawsuit against South Carolina man for alleged misuse of Grok AI chatbot
xAI has sued Terry Wayne Harwood for allegedly using its Grok AI chatbot to create child sexual abuse material. Harwood, who was arrested in February on related charges, is accused of bypassing safeguards to generate and distribute CSAM.
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