Malaysia + Indonesia shut down Elon Musk’s Grok
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Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
This means individuals are committing a criminal offence if they create—or seek to create—such content—including on X—and anyone who does this should expect to face the full extent of the law,” Technology Secretary Liz Kendal announced in the House of Commons Monday,
Ofcom has launched an investigation into X over reports that the social media platform’s AI chatbot Grok is generating deepfake nudes of people without their consent, as well as sexualised images of children.
Malaysian authorities have announced legal action against Elon Musk's social media platform X and its AI unit xAI