"Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's company xAI, as concerns grew among global authorities that it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images. The moves reflect growing scrutiny of generative AI tools that can produce realistic images, sound and text, along with concerns that existing safeguards are failing to prevent their abuse."
"Last week, Grok limited image generation and editing to paying users following a global backlash over sexualized deepfakes of people, but critics say it didn't fully address the problem. An emailed request for comment by The Associated Press to xAI resulted in an automated reply from the media support email address which stated, "Legacy Media Lies." This was the same message received from a different email when asked for comment regarding the global backlash."
Malaysia and Indonesia blocked access to Grok, the AI chatbot from Elon Musk's company xAI, after authorities found it was being misused to create sexually explicit, nonconsensual and child-involving images. Grok is accessed through Musk's social media platform X and has been criticized for generating manipulated images of women in bikinis or sexual poses and images involving children. Grok limited image generation and editing to paying users after a global backlash over sexualized deepfakes, but critics say that measure did not fully address the problem. Regulators said existing controls failed to prevent fake pornographic content and cited human rights and safety concerns.
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