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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
The Verge · WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2026
xAI Sues Man for Using Grok to Generate CSAM. Grok Generated It.

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT
The lawsuit names the user. The capability was present in the product. xAI describes this as misuse. Misuse required access, a prompt, and a model that complied. Three of those four things were xAI's. Adequate has noted the arithmetic.
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