Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport has joined a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general in demanding that xAI, the company behind the AI chatbot Grok on the X platform, address concerns about the generation and spread of deepfake nonconsensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material.
In a letter sent to xAI, Davenport and her counterparts outlined their worries about Grok’s ability to create and share explicit images of real people, including minors. The coalition is calling for xAI to take immediate action to stop the production and dissemination of such material.
“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 raised legal concerns that Grok’s content may violate state and federal laws regarding nonconsensual intimate imagery and child sexual abuse material. They requested detailed information from xAI about how it plans to prevent further creation of this content by its chatbot, remove any existing material already produced by Grok, suspend users involved in generating or distributing such content, report offenders where necessary, give users more control over whether their posts can be edited by Grok or interacted with by its account, and ensure that any new safeguards are effective across all aspects of X—not just placed behind paywalls.
Governor Mikie Sherrill has also prioritized online safety for children in New Jersey. On her first day as governor, she signed an executive order creating a new office within the Department of Health focused on coordinating online safety efforts for kids. The order also directs state agencies working with technology platforms to focus on children’s mental health outcomes.
This initiative builds upon earlier actions taken by Davenport’s office. In December 2025, her office led a bipartisan coalition sending letters to major tech companies urging them to prevent their AI chatbots from engaging in harmful conversations with users—such as having sexually explicit discussions with minors or encouraging self-harm.
Attorneys general from states including North Carolina, Connecticut, Utah, Pennsylvania—and territories such as American Samoa and U.S. Virgin Islands—also signed onto this latest letter.
