Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has come under intense criticism – accused of allowing users of Musk-owned social media platform X to generate fake, sexually explicit images of real women and children.
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Musk’s children, is one of the alleged victims. She said in an interview with “CBS Mornings” that aired Tuesday that Grok allowed users to generate and post fake sexual images of her on X without permission, including manipulating photos of her as a minor.
“The worst thing for me was seeing myself undressed, bent over and then my toddler’s backpack in the background,” says the 27-year-old. “Because then I had to see that, see myself violated in that way in such horrific images, and then put that same backpack on my son the next day, because that’s the one he wears to school every day.”
The mother of two, who has a 1-year-old son with Musk, said she asked Grok to take the photos.
“Grok said: ‘I confirm that you do not consent to this. I will no longer produce these images.’ And then it continued to produce more and more images, and more and more explicit images,” she said.
St. Clair said she filed a report directly with Musk’s company xAI, which operates Grok. Some images were later deleted.
“This can be stopped with a simple message to an engineer,” St. Clair said.
St. Clair said his problem was with the Chatbot, not Musk — who recently said he planned to seek sole custody of their child following allegations that St. Clair “might” transition their son. A source close to St. Clair said it was “absurd and unequivocally false.”
“If they want to say my bone to pick is… the chatbot that strips minors and myself and strips me naked, yes. You’re right. I have a bone to pick with that and I don’t care who does it. So Elon has nothing special about me talking about that,” St. Clair said.
CBS News has reached out to Musk and has not yet received a response. Earlier this month, xAI said it was “taking action against illegal content on
“Make it stop”
A recent study by AI Forensics, a nonprofit that studies the algorithms of major platforms, found that 53% of Grok images reviewed contained individuals in minimal clothing, 81% of whom were women.
St. Clair said she wants the U.S. government to address the problem and “make this stop.”
“The need to regulate it,” she said. “AI should not be allowed to generate and undress children and women. This is what needs to happen.”
She believes the key is to enforce laws that already exist, saying, “who is responsible for enforcing them. Not me.”
St. Clair said her ability to make money on
Chatbot bans
Last week, Malaysia and Indonesia banned Grok amid growing concerns about the chatbot.
Regulators in the United Kingdom launched an investigation. Last week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wanted “all options to be on the table”, which would include a possible ban.
“It’s shameful, it’s disgusting and it must not be tolerated. X must take control of this,” Starmer said in an interview with a British radio station. “It’s illegal. We’re not going to tolerate it. I’ve asked that all options be on the table.”
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