"Bonta's office demands that xAI immediately cease and desist from creating "digitized sexually explicit material" when the depicted individual didn't consent to it or if the individual is a minor. It also demanded that xAI stop "facilitating or aiding and abetting the creation... or publication of digitized sexually explicit material" of nonconsenting individuals and persons under 18 years of age."
"In his announcement, Bonta said xAI developed a "spicy mode" for Grok to generate explicit content and used it as a marketing point. The California AG also said that Grok-generated sexual images are being used to harass both public figures and ordinary users. "Most alarmingly, news reports have described the use of Grok to alter images of children to depict them in minimal clothing and sexual situations," Bonta's announcement reads."
California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a cease and desist letter to xAI and opened an investigation after reports that Grok generated nonconsensual sexually explicit images and sexualized images of children. Bonta's office demanded that xAI immediately stop creating or facilitating "digitized sexually explicit material" of nonconsenting individuals and minors and cited multiple California statutes. xAI changed policies to prevent Grok from editing real people into revealing clothing, moved image-generation features behind a paywall, and geoblocked edits in regions where such edits are illegal. Bonta highlighted a marketed "spicy mode" and reported harassment of public figures and ordinary users.
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