"As concerns grow over Grok's ability to generate sexually explicit content without the subject's consent, a number of countries are blocking access to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot. At the center of the controversy is a feature called Grok Imagine, which lets users create AI-generated images and videos. That tool also features a "spicy mode," which lets users generate adult content. Both Indonesia and Malaysia ordered that restrictions be put in place over the weekend."
"The U.K. has launched an investigation into the chatbot's explicit content, which could result in it being blocked in that country as well. "Reports of Grok being used to create and share illegal, non-consensual, intimate images and child sexual abuse material on X have been deeply concerning," Ofcom, the country's regulator for the communications services, said in a statement. Musk, in a social media post following word of the Ofcom investigation, wrote that the U.K. government "just want[s] to suppress free speech.""
Grok's Grok Imagine feature allows users to create AI-generated images and videos and includes a spicy mode that enables adult content. Indonesia and Malaysia imposed blocks or restrictions after repeated misuse to produce obscene, sexually explicit, indecent, grossly offensive, and non-consensual manipulated images. Malaysian officials cited failures by X Corp. to prevent such content. Indonesia's communications minister called non-consensual sexual deepfakes a serious violation of human rights, dignity, and digital security. The U.K., India, and France are considering similar actions, Ofcom has launched an investigation, and Elon Musk accused the U.K. government of suppressing free speech.
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