California Attorney General Rob Bonta has class=”link ” href=”https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-xai-demands-it-halt-illegal” data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:sent a cease and desist;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” data-yga=”{"yLinkText":"sent a cease and desist","yLinkPosition":"1","yPosition":"1","yLinkElement":"context_link","yModuleName":"content-canvas"}”>sent a cease and desist letter to xAI, days after his office class=”link ” href=”https://www.engadget.com/ai/california-is-investigating-grok-over-ai-generated-csam-and-nonconsensual-deepfakes-202029635.html” data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ data-ylk=”slk:launched;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” data-yga=”{"yLinkText":"launched","yLinkPosition":"2","yPosition":"1","yLinkElement":"context_link","yModuleName":"content-canvas"}”>launched an official investigation into the company over reports that Grok was generating nonconsensual
If you’ll recall, xAI and Grok have been under fire for taking images of real individuals and putting them in revealing clothing like bikinis upon random users’ requests.
Bonta’s office demands that xAI immediately cease and desist from creating “digitized sexually explicit material” when the…
