Elon Musk’s Grok Hit With Bans and Regulatory Probes Worldwide |
A post by Elon Musk on the X app, showing an A.I. prompt-created Grok image depicting Musk wearing a bikini. Leon Neal/Getty Images
Grok, the A.I. chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, is facing mounting backlash after users exploited the tool to generate sexually explicit images of real women and children. Government regulators and A.I. safety advocates are now calling for investigations and, in some cases, outright bans, as nonconsensual deepfake pornography proliferates online.
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See all of our newslettersIndonesia and Malaysia moved swiftly this week to ban Grok. Indonesia’s minister of communication and digital affairs, Meutya Hafid, said in a statement, “The government sees nonconsensual sexual deepfakes as a serious violation of human rights, dignity and the safety of citizens in the digital space.”
Malaysian officials similarly cited “repeated misuse” of Grok to create nonconsensual, sexualized images. In both countries, the restrictions will remain in place while regulatory probes move forward.
The U.K. communications regulator Ofcom is investigating what it called “deeply concerning reports” of malicious uses of Grok, as........