The U.S. AI company xAI is the subject of a lawsuit alleging that the company used both real child pornography and AI-generated child pornography to train its Grok models. Ars Technica AI reported this on 2026-08-28.
xAI Sued Over Alleged Use of Child Pornography in Grok Model Training
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xAI, led by Elon Musk, is the defendant in the lawsuit, which claims that the training data for the Grok models included real and AI-generated child pornography. The matter has been filed as a lawsuit, and reports have used the expression "accused of."
At this time, the Ars Technica AI report does not mention xAI's counterarguments, the scale of the data used for training, or details regarding which specific Grok models are affected.
Source: Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says (Ars Technica AI, 2026-08-28)