NPR
Class action suit against AI makers over deepfake child sexual abuse material expands
Thursday, July 9, 2026
A class action lawsuit against Stability AI and another AI company expanded with new plaintiffs who say the companies' tools were used to generate sexually explicit images of them as minors. The lawsuit names specific individuals who claim their likenesses were used without consent to create such material. The case involves allegations that the companies' publicly available AI image generation systems lack sufficient safeguards against this type of misuse.
