MP sues Musk's xAI after deepfake bikini picture

A Suffolk MP said she had launched legal action against Elon Musk's xAI over the design of its Grok chatbot tool, after she claimed it was used to create fake images of her in a bikini.

Jess Asato, the Labour MP for Lowestoft, previously said she felt violated after an image of her was manipulated using artificial intelligence.

She said a legal case was filed at the High Court on Wednesday. The MP is seeking damages but also wants to set a precedent for companies to be liable for the design of AI systems.

It comes after a backlash earlier this year over how Grok was being used to create false sexualised images .

Asato was targeted in January after speaking up, she said, and spoke in the Commons at the time about how Grok had been used to create fake images of her.

Amid the backlash, xAI said users would no longer be able to use the tool to generate sexualised images of real people .

It has since become illegal to create or request a non-consensual deepfake image of an adult in the UK.

Asato said her claim was about seeking redress for "the harms that were created while Grok was creating harms".