{
  "id": 11006,
  "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/16/elon-musk-xai-sue-user-grok-csam",
  "title": "Musk’s xAI sues user who allegedly used Grok to create child sexual abuse material",
  "summary": "Case is one of first brought by an AI company against a user ⁠for allegedly using a tool to generate child abuse material Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence startup xAI has sued a South Carolina man arrested ⁠earlier this year on charges of sexually exploiting minors, alleging he misused the company’s AI system Grok to ⁠create child sexual abuse ⁠material. xAI ​alleged in the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas on Tuesday, that Terry Harwood violated the company’s ⁠terms of service. The ca",
  "authors": "Reuters",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "children-education",
  "orgs": "xai",
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-16T15:19:27.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-17T05:10:53.887Z",
  "source_slug": "guardian-ai",
  "source_name": "The Guardian",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.theguardian.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/11006",
  "original_url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/16/elon-musk-xai-sue-user-grok-csam",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}