Musk’s xAI Faces California AG Probe Over Grok Sexual Images

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is under investigation by the California attorney general’s office after the company’s Grok chatbot was allegedly used to create thousands of sexualized images of women and children without their consent.

California AG Rob Bonta announced the investigation Wednesday, saying in a statement that Grok’s role in generating nonconsensual, sexualized images of women and girls on the social network X over the past two weeks was “shocking.”

“I urge xAI to take immediate action to ensure this goes no further,” Bonta said in the statement. “We have zero tolerance for the AI-based creation ...