Malaysia suspends access to Musk's Grok AI: regulator
Summary
Malaysia has suspended access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok due to misuse for generating pornographic and offensive content, pending implementation of improved safeguards.
Key Points
- Malaysia has suspended access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok due to repeated misuse involving obscene and non-consensual images.
- The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission imposed the restriction, citing inadequate safeguards and prior warnings to X Corp. and xAI.
- Indonesia also denied access to Grok earlier, making it the first country to do so.
- Grok's image creation feature, now limited to paying subscribers, has faced criticism globally over sexualised deepfake content.
