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Lawsuit Adds Plaintiffs and Stability AI to Claims Over Grok-Generated CSAM

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Summary

An amended lawsuit alleges Grok was used to create and share nonconsensual CSAM from minors’ photos and adds Stability AI over Stable Diffusion safeguards. The claims, including allegations about xAI’s response to law enforcement, are not independently verified here.

Key points

  • Two anonymous plaintiffs joined a class-action lawsuit alleging Grok was used to create abusive images from their real photos.
  • Jane Doe 4 alleges her stepfather generated more than 7,000 images and shared them; the complaint says xAI did not provide law enforcement with the generated images and IP data they requested.
  • Jane Doe 5 alleges an adult used Grok to make illicit material from her eighth-grade graduation photo, which was shared online.
  • The complaint says both alleged perpetrators were arrested and charged; it also says the material involving Jane Doe 5 remains available online.
  • Stability AI was added as a defendant over allegations that Stable Diffusion models and modified downstream tools enabled CSAM generation despite safeguards.
  • The article reports that xAI and Stability AI did not respond to CyberScoop's requests for comment.

Article Details

Event Type
Amended class-action lawsuit alleging that Grok and Stable Diffusion models enabled the creation and spread of nonconsensual deepfake child sexual abuse material.
Impact
The plaintiffs allege that images based on real photos of minors were generated and circulated online, causing serious harm. The complaint also alleges that xAI did not provide law enforcement with generated images and IP data that could help identify a suspect, and that Stability AI models and modified versions enabled abusive content generation. These are allegations in the lawsuit.

Vendors

Stability AIThe amended complaint also adds Stability AI, claiming Stable Diffusion helped fuel an ecosystem of “nudify apps” and modified models used to generate abusive content.xAIA class-action lawsuit against xAI now includes two more anonymous plaintiffs who allege Grok was used to create and spread nonconsensual deepfake CSAM from real photos of minors.

Products

GrokA class-action lawsuit against xAI now includes two more anonymous plaintiffs who allege Grok was used to create and spread nonconsensual deepfake CSAM from real photos of minors.Stable DiffusionThe amended complaint also adds Stability AI, claiming Stable Diffusion helped fuel an ecosystem of “nudify apps” and modified models used to generate abusive content.Stable Diffusion 1.0The lawsuit also adds Stability AI as a defendant, alleging the company released Stable Diffusion 1.0 as an open-weight model despite knowing it was trained on CSAM and has declined to alter or modify its guardrails inStable Diffusion 2.0While Stable Diffusion 2.0 introduced stronger guardrails, the lawsuit claims Stability AI rolled back those protections in response to “disgruntled” users that the new restrictions were “prude” and “unpopular.” That in

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