Teenagers sue Musk’s xAI; claim it made sexually explicit images of them
Nashville (US), March 20: Three teenagers in Tennessee sued Elon Musk’s xAI this week, claiming the company’s image-generation tools were used to morph real photos of them into explicitly sexual images.
The high school students, who are seeking to proceed under pseudonyms, filed the lawsuit in California, where xAI – Musk’s artificial intelligence company – has its headquarters. They are seeking class-action status in order to represent what the lawsuit says are thousands of victims like themselves who either are minors or were minors when sexually explicit images of them were created.
According to the lawsuit, Jane Doe 1 was alerted anonymously in December that someone was distributing sexually explicit images of her on a social media website.
“At least five of these files, one video and four images, depicted her actual face and body in settings with which she was familiar, but morphed into sexually explicit poses,” the lawsuit states. It claims the person distributing the images knew Doe and used xAI’s image generation tools to turn real photos of her into sexually abusive ones. One of the images was taken from a homecoming photo. Another was taken from a high school yearbook.
The person distributing the images also created explicit images of at least 18 other girls, two of whom are co-plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Other AI companies have prohibited their image-generators from producing any sexually explicit content, even of adults. Musk saw this as a business opportunity and promoted the ability of xAI’s Grok chatbot to create “spicy” content, the lawsuit claims. (AP)
Man, woman arrested after trying to enter UK’s nuclear submarine base
London, March 20: A man and a woman were arrested after trying to enter the naval base in Scotland that is home to Britain’s nuclear-armed submarines, police said Friday.
Police Scotland said the pair attempted to enter HM Naval Base Clyde at about 5 pm (1700 GMT) on Thursday. The force said “a 34-year-old man and 31-year-old woman have been arrested in connection, and enquiries are ongoing.” Britain’s national news agency, PA, reported that the arrested man is Iranian.
The Royal Navy confirmed the arrests but said that “as the matter is subject to an ongoing investigation, we will not comment further”. (AP)
