US EditionMalaysia Lifts Suspension on Musk's Grok Chatbot
Malaysia lifted its ban on Grok after X implemented geoblocking and stronger content restrictions following 3 million sexualized images generated, including 23,000 involving children.
- On Jan 23, Malaysia lifted the temporary ban on Elon Musk's Grok chatbot after the state media watchdog confirmed additional security measures.
- Following the outcry, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission suspended Grok on Jan 11 and appointed solicitors to start legal proceedings amid concerns over three million sexualised images.
- X representatives told Malaysian officials in a meeting on Jan 21 they implemented preventive measures, and Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said on Jan 22 the government will lift restrictions once MCMC verifies compliance.
- The government is looking into changing the licence threshold tied to user numbers as X says it does not meet the threshold of at least eight million users.
- The MCMC says licensed platforms must follow Malaysia's legal framework, and X said on Jan 15 it will geoblock certain image generation in jurisdictions where it is illegal, with xAI doing the same for the Grok app.
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Malaysia said on Friday it had restored access to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) system Grok after the tool was blocked nearly two weeks ago over concerns about AI-generated sexualized deepfake images.
Malaysia lifts ban on Grok after taking X at its word
After being one of the first countries in the world to block Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot, Malaysia has now lifted its ban. Along with Indonesia, the country moved swiftly to temporarily halt access to X's frequently controversial AI chatbot earlier this month, after multiple reports emerged of it being used to generate deepfake sexualized images of people, including women and children. At the time, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commis…
Malaysia Lifts Ban on X’s AI Chatbot Grok
Malaysia announced on Jan. 23 that it would lift its ban on Grok following X’s implementation of measures so that the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot complied with local law on safety. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said in a statement that the temporary access restrictions would be lifted effective from Friday, “following confirmation of the implementation of additional preventive and security measures by the…
DICT lifts Grok ban after 'corrective actions' taken on explicit deepfake generation
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) announced on Friday, January 23, that it had formally ended a ban on xAI’s Grok chatbot, which had been in place from January 16 to 21. The Philippines earlier sought to block Grok in the country due to its ability to create sexually explicit or otherwise revealing deepfakes of people. In a January 23 press statement, the DICT said “the immediate misuse issu…
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