Jane Doe 1 v X.AI Corp
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Jane Doe 1 v. X.AI Corp., Case No. 5:26-cv-09016, is a proposed class action filed August 26, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against X.AI Corp. and X.AI LLC.[2] The plaintiff alleges that xAI trained Grok on child sexual abuse material depicting her and that Grok generated new CSAM based on those images.[2][3]
Allegations
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is a survivor depicted in known, hashed legacy CSAM and that xAI used material depicting her as part of the dataset for Grok’s image and video capabilities.[2] It further alleges that Grok generated new CSAM depicting her and that Grok outputs posted publicly on X were eligible for reuse in model training.[2][3]
The complaint describes the action as the first case accusing xAI of training Grok on CSAM, rather than only failing to prevent Grok from generating abusive images.[3] These are allegations and have not been adjudicated.[2]
Claims and requested relief
The plaintiff asserts claims under Masha’s Law, 18 U.S.C. § 2255, and under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(f), based on alleged production, possession, transportation, and distribution of CSAM.[2] The proposed class covers people in the United States whose childhood images or videos Grok allegedly altered to produce CSAM.[2]
The complaint seeks actual, liquidated, and punitive damages, litigation costs and fees, and injunctive relief requiring xAI to stop generating, possessing, or transporting covered material and to destroy material already created.[2]
Procedural status
The complaint was filed on August 26, 2026, and demands a jury trial.[2] No merits ruling is reported in the cited filing.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Court filing / case record, reviewed September 7, 2026
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, class action complaint, Jane Doe 1 v. X.AI Corp., Case No. 5:26-cv-09016, filed August 26, 2026
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ars Technica, “Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says,” August 27, 2026