xAI Is Suing a Grok User Over Sexual Deepfakes, Raising a New Question: Who Is Responsible?

xAI has taken the unusual step of suing a user it accuses of bypassing Grok’s safeguards to generate non-consensual sexual deepfakes involving adults and minors. The case may establish a new enforcement path for AI companies, while intensifying scrutiny of why the system could allegedly be misused at scale.