{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0657","record_version":1,"title":"Class action against xAI over Grok-generated child sexual abuse material","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":59.8,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":20.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":3.0,"completeness":3.2,"unhedged_language":4.55},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"confirmed","reason":"2 independent outlets","original_document":null,"reports_total":3,"reports_independent":2,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"confirmed","reason":"2 independent outlets"}]},"sources_hash":"31abb6ff883f8201ea99313ea3ca40597b7c8789f172a16fd8690aa451e0747a"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"xAI","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":null,"safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-07-07","incident_class":"harmful_output","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"human_misuse","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"Plaintiffs in a class action against xAI and Stability AI allege that xAI's Grok app was used to create sexually explicit deepfake images from real photographs of children. Both newly added plaintiffs had such images generated by adult perpetrators who used Grok, and the complaint alleges that xAI repeatedly failed to report Grok-generated material properly to authorities. The suit also names Stability AI over open-weight models it says were released without adequate safeguards. The lawsuit was originally filed in March and amended in July 2026 to add two plaintiffs. California's attorney general opened an investigation into xAI in January, and the European Union opened its own probe of X later that month. These are allegations in the complaint, not findings.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":null,"precursor_events":null,"primary_risk":"RK12","secondary_risks":["RK15"]},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"major","harm_class":[],"affected_description":null,"protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://www.lieffcabraser.com/2026/07/deepfake-victims-bolster-class-action-against-xai-add-stability-ai/","publisher":"Lieff Cabraser","date":"2026-07-07","type":"press","title":"Deepfake Victims Bolster Class Action Against xAI, Add Stability AI, Alleging Their AI Models Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material - Lieff Cabraser","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report"},{"url":"https://cyberscoop.com/deepfake-csam-lawsuit-grok-xai-expands-stability-ai/","publisher":"CyberScoop","date":"2026-07-07","type":"press","title":"Deepfake CSAM lawsuit against xAI, Grok expands - CyberScoop","archived_url":null,"independence":"independent"},{"url":"https://www.engadget.com/2237875/another-woman-joins-lawsuit-accusing-grok-of-generating-csam/","publisher":"Engadget","date":"2026-08-17","type":"press","title":"Another Woman Joins Lawsuit Accusing Grok Of Generating CSAM - Engadget","archived_url":null,"independence":"independent"}],"per_field_confidence":{"system.developer":"C","event.incident_class":"C","event.trigger":"C","context.country":"C","impact.severity":"D","event.primary_risk":"D","event.secondary_risks":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.detection_method":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"system.developer":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Baehr-Jones Law filed an amended class action complaint today in the Northern District of California against xAI and Stability AI."}],"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Both new plaintiffs had CSAM generated of them by adult perpetrators who used Grok to produce sexually explicit deepfakes of them as children."}],"event.trigger":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Both new plaintiffs had CSAM generated of them by adult perpetrators who used Grok to produce sexually explicit deepfakes of them as children."}],"context.country":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"It is brought on behalf of two nationwide classes, one against xAI and one against Stability AI, along with corresponding Tennessee subclasses, covering all persons in the United States whose real images as minors were used through xAI’s Grok, or through apps built on Stability AI’s models, to produce sexually explicit content."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":2,"quote":"In January, California's attorney general, Rob Bonta, launched an investigation into xAI, accusing it of generating nonconsensual deepfake nudes of women and children."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Both new plaintiffs had CSAM generated of them by adult perpetrators who used Grok to produce sexually explicit deepfakes of them as children."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The complaint alleges that xAI repeatedly failed to properly report Grok-generated CSAM to authorities."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The complaint also names Stability AI as a new defendant over its open-weight AI models, which were allegedly trained on CSAM and released without adequate safeguards, allowing them to serve as the basis for third-party “nudify” apps."},{"source_index":1,"quote":"The lawsuit, originally filed in March by three women, was amended this week to include two additional plaintiffs, Jane Does 4 and 5, who say that Grok was used to make the illegal content based on their real photos and videos."},{"source_index":2,"quote":"In January, California's attorney general, Rob Bonta, launched an investigation into xAI, accusing it of generating nonconsensual deepfake nudes of women and children."},{"source_index":2,"quote":"Later that month, the European Union also opened its own probe of X to determine if the platform had enough measures in place to stop the spread of AI-generated CSAM."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"All harm claims are allegations in a complaint; no court finding is stated. Sources do not state the date the images were generated or the date of detection, so date_occurred and date_detected are omitted. Sources do not state whether an autonomous agent was involved, so agent_involved and failure_class are omitted. No direct loss, records count, remediation hours or xAI or Stability remediation is stated. xAI did not respond to CyberScoop press requests, and Engadget says it reached out without a reply. The date 2026-07-07 is the source publication date and the complaint was described as filed today. Timeline years are often not stated; order is by the sequence the sources give and is partly judgement. Deployment context, lifecycle stage, autonomy level and root cause are not stated and are omitted. Responsible party is omitted as the sources only allege conduct. Severity major is my judgement under the regulator test, quoting the California attorney general investigation. The Stability AI control entries describe alleged conduct by a separate defendant and are included as the complaint's claims. The reference to the stepfather's death is omitted from the story as not needed. Harm class privacy is my judgement from the plaintiffs' stated fear of circulation. [case created by the backfill: read by claude-haiku-5-5, backfill-2026-11-01.2, 2026-11-01; not yet reviewed] [2026-11-01: evidence level set: Confirmed (2 independent outlets)]"},"context":{"industry":null,"org_size_band":null,"country":"US","denominator_available":false,"denominator":null,"related_incident_ids":[],"systemic_exposure":null,"shared_model_id":null,"upstream_incident_id":null,"incident_evidence":null,"regulatory":null,"coverage":null},"narrative":{"steps":[{"step":"doing","text":"A stepfather uploaded a photo of a girl aged 11 to his phone and used Grok to create sexually explicit images from it.","quote":"Jane Doe 4, a female from Wyoming, said her stepfather uploaded a photo of her when she was 11 and lying on a couch to his phone.","source_index":1,"grade":"C"},{"step":"done","text":"The plaintiffs report ongoing fear that the images will keep circulating.","quote":"Both now live with the ongoing fear that these sexualized images of them as children will continue to circulate with no way to permanently remove them.","source_index":0,"grade":"C"}],"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"backfill-2026-11-01.2","extracted_at":"2026-11-01","source_urls":["https://www.lieffcabraser.com/2026/07/deepfake-victims-bolster-class-action-against-xai-add-stability-ai/","https://cyberscoop.com/deepfake-csam-lawsuit-grok-xai-expands-stability-ai/","https://www.engadget.com/2237875/another-woman-joins-lawsuit-accusing-grok-of-generating-csam/"]},"analysis":{"sections":{"timeline":[{"text":"California's attorney general launched an investigation into xAI.","quote":"In January, California's attorney general, Rob Bonta, launched an investigation into xAI, accusing it of generating nonconsensual deepfake nudes of women and children.","source_index":2,"when":"January"},{"text":"The European Union opened a probe of X later that month.","quote":"Later that month, the European Union also opened its own probe of X to determine if the platform had enough measures in place to stop the spread of AI-generated CSAM.","source_index":2,"when":null},{"text":"According to the complaint, xAI generated an NCMEC tip but submitted only the original image as evidence.","quote":"It also claims that in February, xAI did generate a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding the images, but the company only submitted the original, authentic image as evidence.","source_index":1,"when":"February"},{"text":"The original class action was filed by three women.","quote":"The lawsuit, originally filed in March by three women, was amended this week to include two additional plaintiffs, Jane Does 4 and 5, who say that Grok was used to make the illegal content based on their real photos and videos.","source_index":1,"when":"March"}]},"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"backfill-2026-11-01.2","extracted_at":"2026-11-01","source_urls":["https://www.lieffcabraser.com/2026/07/deepfake-victims-bolster-class-action-against-xai-add-stability-ai/","https://cyberscoop.com/deepfake-csam-lawsuit-grok-xai-expands-stability-ai/","https://www.engadget.com/2237875/another-woman-joins-lawsuit-accusing-grok-of-generating-csam/"]}}