Check out our January roundup of CAG in the news!
Washington Cases To Watch In 2026
Law360, January 2, 2026
Rachel Riley
Law360 reported that among the most anticipated rulings expected in 2026 is the Washington Supreme Court’s decision in our cases brought against Amazon.com Inc. by the families of those young people who died by suicide after ingesting high-potency sodium nitrite purchased via Amazon.
As background, on November 25th, 2024, the Division One Court of Appeals in Washington reversed our wins in Scott v. Amazon and Viglis v. Amazon, relying on century-old precedent. Well, we didn’t stop. We petitioned the Washington Supreme Court (WASC), which agreed to hear the case, and on September 9th, we presented our arguments to WASC. The outcome will determine the future of Scott/Viglis and the 24 remaining Families’ cases. Amazon must be held accountable for the deaths of our 28 clients. We anxiously await the ruling – send warrior vibes!
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CAG Comments on the ‘Grok Bikini Trend’
Before filing our lawsuit against xAI (see below!), Grok was all over the news for flooding X with sexualized images of women, dubbed as the ‘Grok bikini trend.’ The images, created using Grok, have prompted a major outcry and widespread concerns around the lack of AI guardrails and safety. Carrie weighed in and spoke with several news outlets on this absolute disgusting invasion of privacy and nonconsensual dissemination of images at the hands of an unmonitored, unregulated tech platform. Check out some of the media coverage below.
Musk’s Grok AI Generated Thousands of Undressed Images Per Hour on X
Bloomberg, January 7, 2027
Cecilia D’Anastasio
Elon Musk’s AI Is Generating Sexual Images Of Women And Girls. Here’s What To Do If It Happens To You.
HuffPost, January 9, 2026
Brittany Wong
“It needs to be underscored how bizarre it is that the world’s richest man not only owns the companies that create and publish deepfakes, but he is also actively promoting and goading users on X to de-clothe innocent people…Elon Musk feels entitled to strip people of their power, dignity, and clothes.” — Carrie Goldberg
What Will Actually Bring an End to Grok’s Deepfakes?
Vogue, January 14, 2026
Emma Specter
“AI companies are not acting in the role of a content publisher. They are creating it…So victims who are harmed because of AI-generated nudes have recourse directly against the AI company. Additionally, companies like the App Store and Google Play that act as a distributor of deepfake technology may be on the hook if they are sued in their capacity as distributors of products that are not reasonably safe.” — Carrie Goldberg
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Goldberg v Grok: Lawsuit Coverage
On January 15, 2026, we filed a lawsuit in NY on behalf of Ashley St. Clair against xAI, after its AI chatbot Grok created and disseminated deepfakes of women and children throughout the world, including of St. Clair. The case has garnered attention across the globe.
St. Clair reported various images to X and requested their removal, and while Grok first promised St. Clair that it would refrain from manufacturing more images, the company retaliated against her, demonetizing her X account and generating multitudes more images of her. xAI is directly liable for the harassment and explicit images created by chatbot Grok.
We are suing X for negligence and product defects. And we are also taking the novel approach of suing it as a public nuisance. St. Clair’s goal is to protect the world from tech companies unleashing these sexually abusive capabilities into the stream of commerce and we are proud to be her attorneys.
Check out some of the media coverage below, including Carrie’s comments in several outlets. Additional coverage includes The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and Ars Technica. In addition to the WSJ article, you can listen to their podcast featuring Carrie discussing the lawsuit.
Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI, Alleging His Company Uses “AI to Undress, Humiliate, and Sexually Exploit Victims”
Vanity Fair, January 15, 2026
Julia Black
“We intend to hold Grok accountable and to help establish clear legal boundaries for the entire public’s benefit to prevent AI from being weaponized for abuse.” — Carrie Goldberg
Grok’s Leering Pictures Are the Newest Version of an Old Problem
Mother Jones, January 21, 2026
Anna Merlan
“We have observed popular online personalities getting targeted a lot…and of course this recent spate on X, many of the victims are feminists who dare criticize the phenomenon.” — Carrie Goldberg
Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Grok Sexual Images of Her, Alleging It ‘Uses AI to Undress, Humiliate, and Sexually Exploit Victims
People, January 15, 2026
Madison E. Goldberg and Elizabeth Rosner
“This harm flowed directly from deliberate design choices that enabled Grok to be used as a tool of harassment and humiliation. Companies should not be able to escape responsibility when the products they build predictably cause this kind of harm.” — Carrie Goldberg
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The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations as Trump dismantles it
Associated Press, January 16, 2026
Collin Binkley
Before the Trump administration began dismantling the Education Department, it played a major role in enforcing protections against sexual violence in schools and universities. But with mass layoffs gutting the Office for Civil Rights, staffing was cut in half, and a backlog of 25,000+ discrimination cases left the agency unable to hold schools accountable. As a result, investigations into sexual violence have dropped at a terrifying rate – from dozens per year to fewer than 10 nationwide. In response to reporting that many firms handling Title IX cases have stopped filing complaints, our Associate Katie McKay provided comments.
“It almost feels like you’re up against the void…It feels like a big question mark right now. How are we supposed to hold a school accountable once it has messed up?” — Katie McKay
