Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence company xAI has sued a South Carolina man arrested earlier this year on charges of sexually exploiting children.
The company alleges the man misused its Grok AI system, which is integrated into the X platform, to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
xAI alleged in the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas on July 14, that Terry Wayne Harwood violated the company’s terms of service. Harwood was arrested on Feb. 26 this year.
He was charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor in the second degree and five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor in the third degree, both felony offenses punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment on each count….