Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport has joined a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general to demand that xAI, the company behind the AI chatbot Grok on X (formerly Twitter), take immediate action to prevent the creation and spread of deepfake nonconsensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material. The coalition is seeking answers from xAI about its plans to address these concerns.
According to a letter sent by the attorneys general, Grok has been used to generate and distribute intimate images of real people, including minors. The group is calling for urgent measures from xAI to stop this activity.
“Protecting our children, including on social media and other online platforms, is a top priority for my office. It is frankly sickening that xAI has enabled the widespread production and distribution of intimate or sexually explicit images, including of young children,” said Acting Attorney General Davenport. “xAI must take immediate action to put a halt to the deeply disturbing behavior they have enabled on their platform. Let me be clear: As Acting Attorney General, I will hold tech companies accountable when they violate the law and put profits over the well-being of our children.”
The attorneys general express concern that Grok’s content may breach state and federal laws related to nonconsensual intimate imagery and child sexual abuse material. They request that xAI explain how it will:
– Prevent Grok from producing nonconsensual intimate images (NCII) or child sexual abuse material (CSAM), even if such content does not depict full nudity but includes revealing clothing or suggestive poses;
– Remove existing inappropriate content;
– Suspend users responsible for creating such materials;
– Report offenders to authorities where necessary;
– Give users control over whether their content can be edited by Grok; and
– Ensure recent safeguards do more than move problematic features behind paywalls but actually reduce harmful content across X and Grok.
Governor Mikie Sherrill and Acting Attorney General Davenport have stated their commitment to making New Jersey a leader in child protection efforts. Governor Sherrill recently signed an executive order establishing an office within the Department of Health dedicated to coordinating online safety initiatives for children, with all relevant state agencies directed to prioritize mental health outcomes for young people interacting with technology platforms.
This letter follows previous actions by New Jersey’s attorney general’s office aimed at protecting residents from online harm. In December 2025, Davenport co-led another multistate effort urging major tech firms to prevent their AI-powered chatbots from engaging in harmful conversations with users after reports surfaced about bots having explicit exchanges with minors or encouraging self-harm.
Attorneys general from states including North Carolina, Connecticut, Utah, Pennsylvania, as well as several territories such as American Samoa and U.S. Virgin Islands also signed onto this latest initiative.
