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Indonesia and Malaysia ban Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Malaysia and Indonesia blocked Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.

The countries are the first to ban the generative AI tool, reflecting a growing global concern that it can produce realistic images, sound, and text, while existing safeguards fail to prevent their abuse.

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