Indonesia says it will restore access to Elon Musk's Grok chatbot
The Hindu
Indonesia will restore access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok after the billionaire's social media platform X promised to comply with the country's laws.
Indonesia will restore access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok after the billionaire's social media platform X promised to comply with the country's laws, a government official said on Sunday.
Grok has faced a global backlash after it emerged that its image creation feature allowed users to sexualise pictures of women and children using simple text prompts.
Malaysia and the Philippines followed Indonesia in temporarily blocking access to the tool, which is integrated into X, over concerns about AI-generated sexual deepfakes.
Alexander Sabar, a senior official in Indonesia's communication and digital ministry, said access was being restored "conditionally" after X Corp gave "a written commitment containing concrete steps for service improvement and prevention of misuse".
Sabar said in a statement the ministry would continue to supervise and evaluate Grok and that it would take "corrective actions", including another suspension, if violations were found.
xAI, the Musk-owned startup that developed the AI tool, did not respond immediately to AFP's request for comment.
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