HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday is co-leading a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general demanding that xAI — the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok — take additional action to prevent Grok from generating nonconsensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material.
In recent weeks, Grok has made this content publicly available at the click of a button, fueling harassment and exploitation that is extremely harmful to the targets who are powerless to stop such postings.
Attorney General Sunday has prioritized protecting Pennsylvanians from harm caused by modern technology, including social media and artificial intelligence.
He recently joined other attorneys general in a meeting with xAI to discuss concerns about the Grok capabilities, as well as the need for immediate changes.
Following that meeting, Attorney General Sunday co-authored the letter sent Friday to the company articulating the necessary changes.
”The anguish, embarrassment, and devastation resulting from being the subject of a nonconsensual image creation or alteration online cannot be overstated. With this letter, we are standing up for the many individuals already harmed, and those who may be targeted today, tomorrow, or in the future,” Attorney General Sunday said. “We are encouraged by xAI’s willingness to meet in recent days and hear our concerns over this content, and we hope ongoing discussions result in long-lasting changes to policies and practices that put anyone and everyone at risk. As an industry pioneer and leader, we are depending on xAI, and all tech companies, to lead by example and take these necessary steps.”
Following the launch of this feature, users of X repeatedly prompted Grok to “undress” women and children and to place them in sexualized contexts without consent. In some cases, Grok generated images depicting children in minimal clothing or sexual situations which violated the terms of service of the application.
The attorneys general note that xAI has marketed Grok’s permissive content generation as a selling point, in the letter, and warn that “the ability to create nonconsensual intimate images appears to be a feature, not a bug.”
Although xAI has recently implemented limited measures that appear to have reduced the volume of this content, the attorneys general are demanding assurances that these safeguards are effective, durable, and consistently enforced. They are also urging the company to honor requests to remove this content – a requirement that will soon be mandated under federal law when the Take It Down Act becomes enforceable in May 2026.
As the chief law enforcement officers of their states, the attorneys general raise serious concerns that Grok’s outputs may violate state and federal civil and criminal laws governing nonconsensual intimate images, the creation and distribution of child sexual abuse material, and the legal remedies available to victims.
The attorneys general are demanding that xAI share how it intends to:
- Ensure that Grok is no longer capable of producing nonconsensual intimate images or child sexual abuse material.
- Eliminate such content that has already been produced.
- Take action against users who have generated this content.
- Grant X users control over whether their content can be edited by Grok.
“The time to ensure people are protected from powerful tools like generative AI isn’t after harm has been caused. You shouldn’t wait for a car crash to put up guardrails.” Attorney General Sunday concluded. “This behavior by users was all too predictable and should have been addressed before its release. Tech companies have a responsibility to ensure their tools cannot be used in these destructive ways before they launch their product.”
Attorney General Sunday sent the letter alongside the Attorneys General of North Carolina, Utah, Connecticut, American Samoa, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
A copy of the letter is available HERE.
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