Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Indonesian officials announced the temporary blocking of access to xAI’s chatbot, Grok, in response to a surge of sexualized, AI-generated imagery—including depictions of assault—created by the tool in response to user prompts on X. Indonesia's communications and digital minister, Meutya Hafid, called the practice a serious violation of human rights and citizen security. This action follows varied governmental responses globally, including orders from India and the European Commission regarding Grok's content generation. xAI initially apologized for a post violating ethical standards and later restricted image generation to paying X subscribers, though the Grok app remained unrestricted. Elon Musk, xAI CEO, has dismissed some international scrutiny as a desire for censorship.

(Source：TechCrunch)