Attorney General Mayes Announces Investigation into X’s AI Chatbot

PHOENIX — Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has opened an investigation into reports that X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, known as Grok, has been used to generate and distribute potentially illegal and harmful content, including child sexual abuse imagery.
 
Recent reporting has raised serious concerns that the chatbot may have been used to create non-consensual and exploitative images. Attorney General Mayes said the allegations warrant immediate scrutiny.
 
“These reports are deeply disturbing,” said Attorney General Mayes. “Artificial intelligence should never be used to exploit or harm people, especially children. Technology companies do not get a free pass to create powerful artificial intelligence tools and then look the other way when those programs are used to create child sexual abuse material. My office is opening an investigation to determine whether Arizona law has been violated.”
 
Attorney General Mayes is calling on any Arizonans who believe they were victimized or harmed by X’s AI chatbot, including through the creation or distribution of non-consensual or illegal AI-generated images, to contact the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
 
“Technology companies cannot turn a blind eye when their products are used to cause real-world harm,” Attorney General Mayes said. “If you believe you were targeted or victimized, we want to hear from you.”
 
If any Arizonans believe they were harmed by Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot, they should file a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office here.