Baltimore has become the first major U.S. city to sue Elon Musk’s xAI over Grok’s ability to generate nonconsensual sexual deepfakes, including images involving minors, arguing that the tool causes serious and lasting harm to victims. It frames the lawsuit as part of a broader wave of legal and regulatory pressure that has been building around Grok for months as complaints spread about abusive image generation and weak safeguards. The piece also emphasizes the public safety and child exploitation concerns raised by city officials, who argue that this is not just a content moderation issue but a deeper failure to prevent harmful use of the product. Overall, the article presents the case as a major escalation in the fight over who should be held responsible when generative AI tools enable explicit abuse at scale.

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