SpaceXAI Grok AI Tool Illinois Privacy Lawsuit
Case Overview
The lawsuit was initiated by plaintiff Scott Wilson against SpaceXAI Corp. and SpaceXAI LLC. The core allegation is that the company unlawfully gathered and captured scans of the facial geometry belonging to numerous Illinois citizens through its Grok tool, which was formerly known as X.AI.
The claims assert that SpaceXAI violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) because it obtained these facial geometry scans without first obtaining explicit written consent from the affected individuals. The alleged violations occurred when users uploaded photos to Grok and requested the AI to analyze, edit, or generate content based on the face's features.
The plaintiff is seeking a jury trial and demands statutory damages of $5,000 per BIPA violation, or $1,000 if negligence is proven, along with attorneys' fees. The lawsuit is currently active, and the plaintiff is seeking to represent a class of Illinois residents who used the Grok tool under an authenticated account.
Who May Qualify
Illinois residents who, while in Illinois and logged into an authenticated Grok account, uploaded a photograph depicting their own face and used Grok to analyze, rate, edit, transform, or generate content based on the face.
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