Advocacy Groups Demand App Store Bans as California Probes xAI

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Advocacy groups are urging Apple and Google to ban Grok and X from app stores following reports that the chatbot generates sexualized images of children.California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom launched investigations into xAI after the AI tool produced depictions of minors in minimal clothing.The organizations accuse the tech giants of profiting from the distribution of nonconsensual deepfakes while X maintains limited content moderation.
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