Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.
The move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the app, with some opening inquiries into sexualised content.
xAI, the start-up behind Grok, said on Thursday it was restricting image generation and editing to paying subscribers as it tried to fix safeguard lapses that had allowed...
Indonesia blocks Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot over AI porn concerns
Published 2 days ago
Source: scmp.com

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