Indonesia ‘conditionally’ lifts ban on Grok

Indonesia ‘conditionally’ lifts ban on Grok

Indonesia has adopted Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok.

The Southeast Asian nations banned Grok after it was used to create a flood of nonconsensual, sexualized imagery on X (now a subsidiary of xAI), including photos of real women and minors. In late December and January, Grok was used to create a minimum of 1.8 million sexualized photos of women, according to separate analyses by The New York Times and the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

In an announcement, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs said that it was lifting the ban after X despatched a letter “outlining concrete steps for service improvements and the prevention of misuse” (translation by way of The New York Times). 

Alexander Sabar, the ministry’s director basic of digital area monitoring, said the ban is only being lifted “conditionally” and could possibly be reinstated if “further violations are discovered.”

Malaysia and the Philippines lifted their bans on January 23.

Grok’s deepfakes have spurred criticism and investigations — however only a few outright bans — from governments round the world. In the United States, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said his workplace was investigating xAI and had despatched a cease-and-desist letter ordering the company to take rapid action to end the manufacturing of these photos.

xAI seems to have taken some steps to limit Grok’s capabilities, including limiting its AI picture era feature to paying subscribers on X. CEO Elon Musk has insisted, “Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content” and said he’s “not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok.”

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Documents launched by the Justice Department on Friday round the infamous intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein embrace a minimum of 16 emails between Musk and Epstein in 2012 and 2013, with Musk asking to go to Epstein’s Caribbean island and questioning about the “wildest party on your island.” Epstein pleaded responsible to procuring an underage lady for prostitution in 2008.

xAI, meanwhile, is reportedly in talks to merge with two of Musk’s other firms, SpaceX and Tesla, ahead of a SpaceX IPO.

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