xAI Seeks to Unmask Anonymous Plaintiffs in Grok Deepfake Nudes Lawsuit
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Matt Burgess
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
Elon Musk's AI firm xAI is asking a federal court to strip the anonymity of four plaintiffs suing the company over alleged deepfake sexualized images created using its Grok AI model. The plaintiffs, identified under pseudonyms (South Carolina Doe, South Carolina Roe, New Jersey Doe, and Ohio Doe), claim they suffered emotional distress after deepfake nudes—including one depicting a minor—were generated. xAI's motion argues the company needs to know the accusers' identities to prepare a defense. The case raises significant legal questions about anonymity protections for victims of AI-generated abuse versus defendants' rights to face their accusers.
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Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.
xAI is requesting the public identification of four people who allegedly had deepfake sexualized images created of them using Grok—including one apparently targeted with sexualized deepfake images of them as a child.
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