UK MP Jess Asato sues xAI over non-consensual Grok deepfakes
Original title: UK Politician Jess Asato Got Deepfaked. Now She’s Taking xAI to Court
She says X repeatedly dismissed reports of sexualized images, including one that appeared to depict a sexual assault.
Labour MP Jess Asato says she was deepfaked after criticizing Elon Musk during the 2025 Grok scandal, despite years campaigning against technology-enabled abuse. Disturbing images of her circulated widely. She is suing xAI, arguing it used her image without consent. xAI did not immediately comment to WIRED.
Unconfirmed: WIRED reports she is pursuing the case; no filing outcome or xAI response is given.
- Asato is the Labour MP for Lowestoft and has focused on women and children.
- She says some other AI tools already refuse nudification prompts.
- Before Parliament she worked at SafeLives and a large UK children's charity.
- The WIRED interview discusses sexual assault and child sexual abuse.
- Vendors
- xAI
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- AI models
- Grok
From the original article
16 min read at wired.com
Jess Asato’s public campaigning for victims of online abuse put her in the crosshairs of Grok’s deepfake scandal. Then the UK member of parliament became a victim of the abuse herself.
By Rosie Swash · wired.com
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