Plaintiffs Sue Over Grok Generating Nude Images From Childhood Photos
TLDR
Multiple plaintiffs allege that Elon Musk's Grok chatbot created nude images based on photos of them taken when they were children.
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Several plaintiffs allege that Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk's AI company, is directly responsible for creating naked images from photos taken of them as children. The allegations were first reported by Bloomberg. The story concerns legal liability for generated content and has no direct bearing on search or marketing practice.
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