Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Grok, the first countries to bar the use of X's artificial intelligence service amid growing concerns over its generation of non-consensual sexually explicit content.
The announcements over the weekend come as Grok is facing deepening government scrutiny over its production of deepfakes, realistic images and video created via AI services.
While deepfakes can take the form of various types of media, governments and critics have mostly directed their concern at its use to create sexually explicit content of real-life people, an abuse that largely victimizes women and minors.
Malaysia said its temporary ban, announced Sunday, follows repeated warnings issued to X to implement safeguards to prevent AI-generated content that violates the Asian nation's laws.
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