{"id":4500,"date":"2026-06-03T16:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mp-sues-elon-musk-after-ai-tool-created-humiliating-images-of-her-in-bikini\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:53:15","slug":"mp-sues-elon-musk-after-ai-tool-created-humiliating-images-of-her-in-bikini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mp-sues-elon-musk-after-ai-tool-created-humiliating-images-of-her-in-bikini\/","title":{"rendered":"MP sues Elon Musk after AI tool created &#8216;humiliating&#8217; images of her in bikini"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_f70b30\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">EXCLUSIVE: Labour MP Jess Asato who was left &#8216;humiliated&#8217; after an AI tool was used to strip photos of her and put her in a bikini is suing Elon Musk\u2019s tech company<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37243243\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elon Musk came under fire after his xAI chatbot Grok was used to create fake sexualised images of women and children\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37243243.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_FILES-FRANCE-US-AI-TECHNOLOGY-INTERNET.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37243243.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_FILES-FRANCE-US-AI-TECHNOLOGY-INTERNET.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37243243.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_FILES-FRANCE-US-AI-TECHNOLOGY-INTERNET.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37243243.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_FILES-FRANCE-US-AI-TECHNOLOGY-INTERNET.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Elon Musk came under fire after his xAI chatbot Grok was used to create fake sexualised images of women and children\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Elon Musk came under fire after his xAI chatbot Grok was used to create fake sexualised images of women and children<cite aria-label=\"Image: AFP via Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A Labour MP who was \u201chumiliated\u201d after an AI tool generated fake images of her in a bikini is suing Elon Musk\u2019s tech company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Jess Asato was targeted earlier this year after criticising<a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/politics\/people-who-create-vile-weapons-36540258\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> the chatbot Grok, which was being used to create fake sexualised images <\/a>of women and children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Online users manipulated photos of her using the tool, which is operated by xAI, making a deepfake image of her in a bikini and a video showing her being drugged and prepared for a sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The MP for Lowestoft &#8211; who has long worked on tackling violence against women and girls &#8211; also highlighted other horrific cases including some women\u2019s images being used to<a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/politics\/people-who-create-vile-weapons-36540258\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> make deepfake pornography <\/a>or a photo of a Jewish woman being manipulated to put her in a bikini in Auschwitz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ms Asato told The Mirror: \u201cI am filing a legal claim and taking legal action against xAI, which is Elon Musk&#8217;s company, which owns and designed Grok, an AI chatbot tool, because people used Grok earlier this year to take images of me from the internet without my consent and turn them into fake sexualised misogynistic pictures and videos, which I found pretty humiliating and violating.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37243245\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37243245\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jess Asato was targeted earlier this year after she criticised xAI's chatbot Grok \" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37243245.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_Prime-Ministers-Questions.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37243245.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/2_Prime-Ministers-Questions.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37243245.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_Prime-Ministers-Questions.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37243245.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_Prime-Ministers-Questions.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Jess Asato was targeted earlier this year after she criticised xAI's chatbot Grok \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Jess Asato was targeted earlier this year after she criticised xAI&#8217;s chatbot Grok <cite aria-label=\"Image: PA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She said she was \u201cincredibly angry\u201d seeing the scale of Grok\u2019s harm and the lack of care from tech billionaire Musk. She hopes her legal action will help to bring other victims\u2019 \u201cvoices into the light\u201d and encouraged people affected by the scandal to contact her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ms Asato said the AI images made of her were only taken down after she instructed a lawyer to take action &#8211; and now she is fighting on behalf of others too. \u201cOf course not everybody can afford a lawyer to be able to do this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThese pictures and videos should have never been able to be created in the first place and that&#8217;s the essence of my case, which is that the tools that are being designed by AI developers like xAI are being designed without the right safeguard to protect women and children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Elon Musk knew that Grok didn&#8217;t have these safeguards. There had been warnings ever since Grok was created last year that it could be exploited and that users could use it to generate potentially criminal material, but he did not care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cHe went ahead anyway and I&#8217;m bringing this case because I think there need to be guardrails to protect women and children from harm and I know that Silicon Valley says that they want to go fast and break things, but just like any product, if it causes harm, there need to be routes for ordinary people to seek redress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ms Asato\u2019s legal case was filed at the High Court on Wednesday, with xAI as the Defendant. The claim centres on the design of the Grok chatbot enabling manipulation of images of the MP. If successful, the case will set a precedent for liability for the design of an AI system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ms Asato added that she hopes her case will also open up a debate about \u201cwhat consent means in the online space\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ravi Naik, a lawyer from AWO who is representing Ms Asato, said: \u201cWhere there is a wrong, the law must provide a remedy, and that is as true of artificial intelligence as of anything else. No one should be subjected to abuse like this, and no one should have to instruct a lawyer to get images like these taken down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThis content existed because of design choices made by engineers at xAI. It is built deliberately. This is one of the first claims to test liability for the design of an AI system, and we aim to make it clear that safety cannot be an afterthought. Ms Asato MP has shown real courage in stepping forward. Anyone who has been affected by this issue can support our cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Grok scandal <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/politics\/people-who-create-vile-weapons-36540258\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">triggered global outrage earlier this year <\/a>amid an explosion of sexualised deepfakes on Musk&#8217;s X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a child sexual abuse watchdog, said its analysts had discovered &#8220;criminal imagery&#8221; of children aged which appeared to have been created using Grok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Keir Starmer told MPs at the time: \u201cThe actions of Grok and X are absolutely disgusting and shameful.\u201d Technology Secretary Liz Kendall, who said images made by Grok were \u201cweapons of abuse\u201d, made it illegal to create or seek to create non-consensual, intimate images.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After widespread pressure, X committed to taking action to \u201censure full compliance with UK law&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/politics\/elon-musk-jess-asato-ai-37243129\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Labour MP Jess Asato who was left &#8216;humiliated&#8217; after an AI tool was used<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_FILES-FRANCE-US-AI-TECHNOLOGY-INTERNET.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}