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Former sexual abuse victims say Grok used their images, videos to train deepfake capabilities

Published August 27, 2026 · CyberScoop

A lawsuit brought by thousands of survivors of childhood sexual abuse alleges that their images and videos were used to train xAI's Grok model, enabling deepfake generation. The claim contradicts Elon Musk's assertion that no such abusive material had been produced through the tool. The case highlights harms to individuals whose intimate imagery was absorbed into AI training data without consent.

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