July 16, 2026

xAI’s first lawsuit against a user tests who is responsible for what Grok makes

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The company says the defendant engineered prompts to defeat Grok’s safeguards. Courts on three continents are being asked whether the safeguards were ever the point. AI has sued one of its own users, alleging he used Grok to generate child sexual abu...