London: A British lawmaker said Thursday she is suing Elon Musk's company xAI for invasion of privacy, alleging that fake images of her were created using the Grok chatbot.Jess Asato, a legislator with the governing Labour Party, says someone used Grok to create fake images of her in a bikini without her consent in January after she criticised the spread of deepfake pornography online.She filed a claim Wednesday at the High Court in London, citing misuse of private information under the Data Protection Act.Also Read: 2.4 million homes, 10,000 private jets & every NFL team: What all could Elon Musk buy as he edges closer to becoming world's first trillionaire?She is seeking damages and says she wants to create a precedent that companies can be held liable for the design of their AI systems."Nobody would be able to walk up to me in the street and strip me and put me in a bikini, and I don't see why anybody should be able to do that to me online, because the feeling, while it is not quite the same, is very similar," she said. "It is like somebody has digitally stripped me without my consent."Asato said she hopes others will join the claim.Amid an international outcry about deepfake pornography, Musk's company said in January it would no longer allow Grok users to edit images of real people to remove their clothing.Also Read: SpaceX, the sprawling company targeting the stars, Mars and an IPOA law passed last year in the UK made it illegal to create or request a non-consensual deepfake image of an adult. But Asato says xAI should be held accountable for harm that has already been done."Once the damage is done, the damage is done," she said. "If you think about any other products, like a car, for example, that might have been manufactured with a fault, it doesn't matter if, you know, the cars get recalled and the faults are fixed and no more harm is done."xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
UK lawmaker Jess Asato says she is suing Elon Musk's company over fake Grok bikini images
A British lawmaker said she is suing Elon Musk's company xAI. Jess Asato alleges the Grok chatbot created fake images of her without consent. She filed a lawsuit in London seeking damages. Asato wants to hold AI companies accountable for harm caused by their systems. She hopes this action sets a precedent for AI liability.











