The State-Led Crackdown on Grok and xAI Has Begun
Maddy Varner, Manisha Krishnan
created: Jan. 27, 2026, 6:35 p.m. | updated: Jan. 30, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
At least 37 attorneys general for US states and territories are taking action against xAI after people used its chatbot, Grok, to generate a flood of sexualized images earlier this year.
The letter comes amid an international wave of regulator attention on Grok users creating intimate deepfake images of people without their consent, as well as sexualized images of children.
In addition to using Grok’s X account to create these photos, people were generating far more explicit videos using the Grok Imagine model available on the Grok website, WIRED previously reported.
And unlike X, the Grok site did not appear to require any sort of age verification before allowing people to view content.
Richie Taylor, communications director for Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes, tells WIRED that Mayes opened an investigation into Grok on January 15.
6 days, 9 hours ago: WIRED