Indonesia has temporarily blocked access to the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok due to the risk that it generates sexual images, including those involving children.
Indonesia's Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid said the government sees the generation of fake sexual images without consent as a serious violation of human rights, dignity and people's safety in the digital space. The ministry has also summoned X representatives to discuss the matter.
Indonesia became the first country to block access to Grok to local users after it began generating indecent images of users two weeks ago. Due to investigations launched in Malaysia, India, the UK and the EU, yesterday the image-generating feature was only available to X Premium subscribers.
