Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk's Grok over sexualized AI images

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https://apnews.com/article/grok-malaysia-indonesia-block-c7cb320327f259c4da35908e1269c225

Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk’s Grok over sexualized AI images

BY EILEEN NG AND EDNA TARIGAN
Updated 6:02 AM PST, January 12, 2026

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, as concerns grew among global authorities that it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images.

The moves reflect growing scrutiny of generative AI tools that can produce realistic images, sound and text and concern that existing safeguards are failing to prevent their abuse. The Grok chatbot, which is accessed through Musk’s social media platform X, has been criticized for generating manipulated images, including depictions of women in bikinis or sexually explicit poses, as well as images involving children.

Last week, Grok limited image generation and editing to paying users following a global backlash over sexualized deepfakes of people, but critics say it didn’t fully address the problem.

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1. Our culture has become disgusting, and it spreads to the rest of the world like a mold. Good for them to outlaw this.