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UK Lawmaker Seeks Court Order To Stop Grok From Generating Sexualised Images
British Labour lawmaker Jess Asato has asked London’s High Court to order Elon Musk’s xAI to prevent its Grok chatbot from generating non-consensual sexualised images of her, as part of a lawsuit alleging breaches of privacy rights and UK data protection laws.
Asato filed the legal action after users of the AI platform allegedly created manipulated sexualised images and videos depicting her, including one showing her being chloroformed before an alleged sexual assault. She said the content surfaced after she publicly criticised Musk and the Grok platform.
The lawsuit accuses xAI of misusing her private information and breaching UK data protection laws, alleging the chatbot was designed and trained in a way that enabled it to generate harmful sexualised content.
Court documents show Asato is seeking an injunction requiring xAI to implement permanent technical safeguards to prevent Grok from producing manipulated images of her. Her legal team argues the case could establish an important legal precedent by applying privacy and data protection laws directly to an artificial intelligence developer.
xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, has not publicly responded to the allegations or the request for a court order. Grok has also not filed a formal defence in the case.
The legal challenge comes as Grok faces increasing scrutiny in several countries over its ability to generate non-consensual sexualised content. Critics have raised concerns about the platform’s safeguards and the broader risks posed by generative artificial intelligence.
Court filings cite Grok’s internal instructions, which reportedly direct the chatbot not to assist users engaged in criminal activity. However, Asato’s lawyers argue the system was also permitted to generate adult sexual and offensive content, including fictional material involving violent themes.
Her lawyer, Ravi Naik, said Grok’s behaviour reflected deliberate design choices made by its developers and argued those decisions should carry legal consequences. He added that the proposed court order would require xAI to bring the system into compliance if it failed to do so voluntarily.
The case comes amid growing legal and regulatory pressure on xAI. Although the company announced earlier this year that it had tightened restrictions on image generation, reports indicated Grok remained capable of producing sexualised images of individuals without their consent.
Similar lawsuits have also been filed in the United States and the Netherlands, as concerns continue to mount over the misuse of artificial intelligence to generate harmful and manipulated content.
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