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FP News Desk @ Firstpost Tech 3 place · 01/15/2026 21:54 EDT

Elon Musk's ex-partner sues his xAI over sexual deepfakes

The 27-year-old writer and political commentator said in her lawsuit that Grok generated and distributed “countless sexually abusive, intimate, and degrading deepfake content” of her based on other users' requests

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