Malaysia and Indonesia are the first to block Musk’s Grok over AI deepfakes

Malaysia and Indonesia are the first to block Musk’s Grok over AI deepfakes

By The Associated Press
Publication Date: 2026-01-12 07:15:00

FILE – Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being abused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.

The moves reflect growing global concern about generative AI tools that can produce realistic images, sounds and text while…