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Labour MP sues Elon Musk’s xAI company over fake sexualised images
Jess Asato was portrayed wearing a bikini in Grok-generated images after she criticised creation of such non-consensual pictures A Labour MP has taken legal action against Elon Musk’s xAI company after saying its Grok tool helped a user produce fake sexualised pictures of her, part of a wave of such images that flooded the social media platform X earlier this year. Jess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft, said in January that seeing herself portrayed by the AI tool as wearing a bikini without her consent was “violating”. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Labour MP sues Elon Musk’s xAI company over fake sexualised images, Jess Asato was portrayed wearing a bikini in Grok-generated images after she criticised creation of such non-consensual pictures A Labour MP has taken legal action against Elon Musk’s xAI company after saying its Grok tool helped a user produce fake sexualised pictures of her, part of a wave of such images that flooded the social media platform X earlier this year. Jess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft, said in January that seeing herself portrayed by the AI tool as wearing a bikini without her consent was “violating”. Continue reading…
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- Labour MP sues Elon Musk’s xAI company over fake sexualised imagesThe Guardian - 2026-06-03T17:48:06+00:00
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