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PublishedJuly 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’

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The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company's Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a lawsuit reported earlier by Reuters, xAI claims Terry Wayne Harwood "knowingly and intentionally used Grok to circumvent safeguards, alter nonco
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