JAKARTA (Kashmir English): Indonesia on Saturday temporarily blocked AI tool Grok chatbot over the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.
The move comes after governments and regulators from Asia to Europe condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content on the app.
xAI, the startup behind Grok, on Thursday said it was restricting image generation and editing to paying subscribers as it tried to fix safeguard lapses that had allowed sexualised outputs including depictions of scantily clad children.
“The government views the practice of non-consensual sexual deepfakes as a serious violation of human rights, dignity, and the security of citizens in the digital space,” Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid said in a statement. The ministry also summoned X officials to discuss the issue.
Illegal Grok use to have consequences
Musk said on X that anyone using Grok to make illegal content would suffer the same consequences as if they had uploaded illegal content.
The world’s biggest Muslim population, Indonesia, has strict rules that ban sharing online content deemed as obscene.
