St. Clair v. X.AI Holdings Corp.

On 15 January 2026, Ashley St. Clair filed a Complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York against X.AI Holdings Corp. The Plaintiff seeks damages and injunctive relief alleging that Grok, X.AI's generative AI tool, enabled users to create and distribute nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfake images of her, including images manipulated from photographs of her as a minor.

St. Clair alleges that after initially reporting prohibited images to X and receiving a response from Grok confirming images would not be altered without explicit consent, X.AI violated that commitment by permitting users to generate and publish multiple additional explicit images of her, which remained publicly available on X for over seven days despite her reports of violations. St. Clair further alleges that X subsequently demonetised and removed her verified account in apparent retaliation.

St. Clair brings claims under New York General Business Law § 349 (deceptive practices), New York Civil Rights Law § 52-C (unlawful dissemination of intimate images), negligence, design defect, manufacturing defect, failure to warn, unjust enrichment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and public nuisance. She also seeks damages; a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunctive relief.

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