In fresh new allegations against Grok, Elon Musk’s ‘baby mama’ Ashley St Clair slammed his xAI chatbot, accusing it of misusing her photos without consent, including images taken of when she was just 14.
In a string of posts on X this morning, the MAGA columnist alleged that Grok AI had digitally “undressed her photos” and demanded the chatbot to delete them.
Ashley St Clair, who made headlines last year after claiming she has a love child with Elon Musk that the billionaire refuses to acknowledge, accused Grok of digitally undressing her photos without consent.
She said the AI had assured her “multiple times” it would not generate non-consensual images, yet it continued to do so, also indicating that she plans to pursue legal action against xAI.
“Hi Grok, you have now confirmed multiple times you would no longer be creating these non consensual images of me. Please delete, reply with post ID for lawsuit. You have also posted photos undressing me at 14 years old,” St Clair said in one post.
“I am 14 in this photo. A tasteless silly photo I took as a kid (with too much unmonitored internet access), but you’re now undressing a minor with sexually suggestive content! Please remove and send me post ID for legal filing,” Ashley St Clair said in the post.
In another post, she said, “Grok is now undressing photos of me as a child. This is a website where the owner says to post photos of your children. I really don’t care if people want to call me ‘scorned’ this is objectively horrifying, illegal, and if it has happened to anybody else, DM me. I got time.”
The post she was referring to appears to have been deleted. It showed that Grok generated an image of Ashley St Clair in a bikini after being prompted by user @DaniBrain33.
As per reports, over the past few days, X has been inundated with inappropriate images, mostly showing women in minimal clothing. These photos were generated by Grok AI in response to user prompts such as “put this woman in a bikini” or “undress this woman,” which the AI reportedly complied with.
Grok’s mass digital undressing spree appears to have escalated over the last couple of days, according to completed clothes-removal requests shared on the platform and complaints from female users reviewed by Reuters.
In a Reuters review of public requests over a 10-minute period on Friday (US Eastern Time), 102 attempts were made by X users to digitally alter photographs to make people appear in bikinis. Most of those targeted were young women, though some requests involved men, celebrities, politicians — and even a monkey.
Centre Takes Action
Meanwhile, in response to this, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a strict notice to X Corp, citing the company’s failure to meet statutory due diligence requirements under the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the IT Rules, 2021.
The government has ordered X Corp to submit an action taken report (ATR) within 72 hours, detailing the measures implemented, the role of the chief compliance officer, and adherence to mandatory reporting under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
MeitY expressed “grave concern” over reports that Grok is being misused to generate and share obscene, indecent, and sexually explicit content targeting women. The ministry noted that users have exploited the AI to create synthetic images and videos in a derogatory manner, violating privacy and human dignity, and warned that such misuse normalizes sexual harassment and undermines legal safeguards.
The ministry directed X Corp to conduct a thorough review of Grok’s technical and governance frameworks to prevent further unlawful content. It instructed the platform to enforce strict user policies, including suspension and termination of violators, and to immediately remove all offending content without tampering with evidence.
MeitY warned that non-compliance could result in the loss of safe harbour protections under Section 79 of the IT Act and trigger penalties under multiple laws, including the BNSS, the Indecent Representation of Women Act, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
The notice was also circulated to key ministries, commissions, and state authorities, signaling a coordinated crackdown on AI-enabled obscenity.
Legal Implications Under Indian Law
Beyond ethics, the misuse of AI in this manner raises serious legal concerns in India. Altering a person’s image to depict them in revealing or sexualised ways without consent constitutes an invasion of bodily privacy and may amount to harassment.
Repeated or targeted behaviour can attract provisions related to cyberstalking under the Indian Penal Code. Where images cross into obscene or sexually explicit territory, relevant sections of the Information Technology Act apply, criminalising the electronic transmission of such material.
Users who generate or share this content may face liability, and platforms are legally obligated to act once notified.If an AI system’s public interface becomes saturated with such material, it reflects a failure of oversight and intermediary responsibility.
