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Musk’s xAI sues man accused of using Grok to create explicit material

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm xAI is suing South Carolina man Terry Wayne Harwood, accusing him of using its generative chatbot Grok to create and distribute child sexual abuse material, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Texas.

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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI is suing a South Carolina man, accusing him of using its generative chatbot Grok to create child sexual abuse material. The suit, filed in a federal court Tuesday in Texas, alleges Terry Wayne Harwood had at least two Grok accounts using false identities to create and distribute explicit material.…

source & further reading
thehill.com — original article Pentagon brings on Grok and ChatGPT for military use Trump says communities opposed to data centers want to be ‘backwards and poor’ Tech firms call for ‘collective action’ against AI-powered hacking
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