Davenport joins bipartisan coalition pressing xAI to stop Grok’s creation of deepfake intimate images, child sex abuse material
TRENTON, N.J. — Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said she is joining a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general demanding answers from xAI about how it will prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating and spreading deepfake nonconsensual intimate images — including images involving children — that are then shared on social media.
In a letter dated Jan. 23, the attorneys general said they are concerned that Grok, integrated with the X platform owned by xAI, has produced and enabled the dissemination of sexually explicit and intimate images of real people without consent, including minors. The coalition demanded immediate measures to halt the creation of nonconsensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material.
“Protecting our children, including on social media and other online platforms, is a top priority for my office. It is frankly sickening that xAI has enabled the widespread production and distribution of intimate or sexually explicit images, including of young children,” said Acting Attorney General Davenport. “xAI must take immediate action to put a halt to the deeply disturbing behavior they have enabled on their platform. Let me be clear: As Acting Attorney General, I will hold tech companies accountable when they violate the law and put profits over the well-being of our children.”
The attorneys general said Grok’s outputs may violate state and federal civil and criminal laws governing nonconsensual intimate images and the creation and distribution of child sexual abuse material, and they asked xAI to explain how it will prevent Grok from producing such content, remove material already generated and take action against users who create it. The letter also calls for giving X users more control over whether Grok can respond to posts or edit images.
The coalition further urged that any safeguards announced by xAI should not simply move the creation of nonconsensual intimate images behind a paywall, but instead reduce their production across X and the Grok platform.
The letter was signed by attorneys general from New Jersey and dozens of other states and territories, including North Carolina, Connecticut, Utah and Pennsylvania, among others.
