Today, I sent xAI a cease-and-desist letter, demanding the company immediately stop the creation and distribution of deepfake, nonconsensual, intimate images and child sexual abuse material,” said California AG Rob Bonta in a press release.

California's Attorney General sent a cease-and-desist letter to xAI to prevent Grok from continuing to create sexualized deepfake images of children.

The avalanche of reports detailing this material — at times depicting women and children engaged in sexual activity — is shocking and, as my office has determined, potentially illegal,” Attorney General Rob Bonta says.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) on Friday sent a cease-and-desist letter to xAI demanding that it stop producing artificial intelligence-generated sexualized deepfakes of girls and women