A British MP is suing to see if xAI is legally responsible for the images Grok produces

Key points

• UK Labour MP Jess Asato is suing xAI over sexually explicit AI-generated images that were created of her by Grok, The Financial Times reports.
• The lawsuit is the first high-profile test of whether AI companies can be held responsible for content people produce with their tools in the UK.
• Grok users started producing and sharing images of Asato in January, right around when it was first reported that the AI assistant had been used to create CSAM.
• Asato alleges users prompted Grok to produce images of her in a bikini, along with an explicit video "showing her being chloroformed and prepared for a sexual assault," FT writes.
• Users later reshared, discussed and produced more AI images on X, the social platform owned by xAI.