The city of Baltimore has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI, accusing its chatbot Grok of generating harmful and nonconsensual sexualized "deepfake" images, including those involving minors.

The complaint, filed in a local circuit court, claims that Grok has been used to create explicit images of people without their permission.

City officials argue that this violates consumer protection laws and puts users at serious risk.

The lawsuit marks one of the first major actions by a US city targeting AI-generated deepfake content.

According to the filing, Grok—launched in 2023 and distributed through the social platform X—was promoted as a safe,........

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