Malaysia, Indonesia Block Elon Musk's Grok AI Over Sexually Explicit Images

• Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot due to its misuse in generating sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
• The decision follows global concerns that Grok's image creation feature allowed users to sexualize pictures of women and children with simple text prompts.
• Indonesia's Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid stated that non-consensual sexual deepfakes are a serious violation of human rights.
• Malaysia's MCMC issued a temporary restriction on Grok access, citing repeated misuse and insufficient safeguards from X Corp. and xAI.
• Grok, launched in 2023, previously added a "spicy mode" for adult content and now restricts image generation to paying subscribers, but critics say this is not enough.

Why It Matters: Grok AI blocked in Malaysia and Indonesia due to generation of sexually explicit and non-consensual images.