Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk's Grok over AI deepfakes
NPR••business
Key Points:
- Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, an AI chatbot by Elon Musk's xAI, due to its misuse in generating sexually explicit and non-consensual images, including those involving women and minors.
- Authorities cited concerns over Grok's inadequate safeguards, which failed to prevent the creation and spread of manipulated pornographic content, leading to violations of privacy, image rights, and human dignity.
- Indonesia's Communication and Digital Affairs Minister emphasized the seriousness of non-consensual sexual deepfakes as a human rights violation, prompting the temporary bans to protect vulnerable groups.
- Malaysia's communications regulator imposed the block after repeated misuse and insufficient responses from X Corp. and xAI, stating the restriction will remain until
