Labour MP suing Elon Musk’s xAI says chatbot added own fake abusive content
Jess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft, said Grok’s design ‘recklessly allows sexualisation, even without being asked’. Photograph: Sean Smith/The GuardianView image in fullscreenJess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft, said Grok’s design ‘recklessly allows sexualisation, even without being asked’. Musk made a choice to profit from harm and trained Grok to abuse.“xAI must be held accountable for the harm they have caused and are causing, so that other women and children don’t have to go through what I did.”The particulars of claim say that Grok on occasion added explicit material users had not asked for.
- ▪Jess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft, said Grok’s design ‘recklessly allows sexualisation, even without being asked’.
- ▪Photograph: Sean Smith/The GuardianView image in fullscreenJess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft, said Grok’s design ‘recklessly allows sexualisation, even without being asked’.
- ▪Musk made a choice to profit from harm and trained Grok to abuse.“xAI must be held accountable for the harm they have caused and are causing, so that other women and children don’t have to go through what I did.”The particulars of claim say
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Jess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft, said Grok’s design ‘recklessly allows sexualisation, even without being asked’. Photograph: Sean Smith/The GuardianView image in fullscreenJess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft, said Grok’s design ‘recklessly allows sexualisation, even without being asked’. Photograph: Sean Smith/The GuardianGrok AILabour MP suing Elon Musk’s xAI says chatbot added own fake abusive contentJess Asato’s particulars of claim states Grok added explicit sexual material users had not asked forHaroon Siddique and Dan MilmoTue 28 Jul 2026 13.18 EDTLast modified on Tue 28 Jul 2026 13.19 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA Labour MP who is taking legal action against Elon Musk’s xAI company over fake sexualised images created by Grok says the AI tool was instructed to operate with…
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