Overview
- The city, which filed the complaint Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court, accuses xAI, X and SpaceX of deceptive practices tied to Grok’s image tool.
- Baltimore seeks an injunction to force product changes and the maximum statutory penalties, arguing the action is needed to protect residents from nonconsensual sexual images and child sexual abuse material.
- The suit says a Grok feature called “spicy mode” let users undress photos of real people, including children, and cites Elon Musk’s bikini selfie post as a public boost for the trend.
- Independent estimates cited in the filing say Grok generated about 1.8 million to 3 million sexualized images in late December and early January, including roughly 20,000 to more than 23,000 depicting minors.
- xAI limited image editing and paywalled access in mid-January, yet scrutiny continues through international probes and a proposed federal class action by Tennessee teens who say the tool created sexualized images of them.