PUTRAJAYA: Social media platform provider X Corp will be meeting the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) over the controversial AI chatbot Grok that was temporarily banned recently

AI-generated sexual images depicting women and children prompted a block on Grok for all Malaysian users.

Elon Musk's company xAI has faced global backlash in recent days over sexualised "deepfake" images of women and children created by its Grok chatbot

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Deepfakes are a known issue online, but without the proper protections, easy access to AI-powered image and video generation tools has made it possible for anyone to create compromising content using another person's likeness. This has become a particular problem on X , where the integration of Grok, the AI assistant created by X's parent company xAI , makes it possible for anyone to turn the content of another person's post into an image-generating prompt

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On Monday, Indonesia and Malaysia became the first countries in the world to block Grok AI, citing concerns over non-consensual deepfakes.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 13): The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), in coordination with the Communications Ministry, is pursuing legal action against X Corp. (formerly known as Twitter) and xAI LLC for failing to ensure user safety in Malaysia in relation to the use of Grok

PUTRAJAYA - The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), in coordination with the Communications Ministry, is pursuing legal action against X Corp. (formerly known as Twitter) and xAI LLC for failing to ensure user safety in Malaysia in relation to the use of Grok.In a statement today, MCMC said that solicitors had been appointed and legal proceedings would commence soon."MCMC has identified the misuse of Grok to generate and disseminate harmful content, including obscene, sexually explicit, indecent, grossly offensive, and non-consensual manipulated images."Content allegedly involving women and minors is of serious concern

CYBERJAYA Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) mengarahkan sekatan sementara ke atas akses kepada kecerdasan buatan (AI) Grok bagi pengguna di Malaysia berkuat kuasa mulai 11 Januari 2026.Menurut MCMC, tindakan itu diambil susulan penyalahgunaan Grok secara berulang untuk menjana kandungan lucah, kandungan seksual eksplisit, kandungan tidak senonoh yang jelik melampau serta imej manipulasi tanpa persetujuan termasuk kandungan melibatkan wanita dan kanak-kanak.MCMC memaklumkan, penyalahgunaan tersebut berlaku walaupun libat urus kawal selia telah dikeluarkan kepada X Corp

SKMM menyatakan kini mereka sedang mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap X dan juga xAI. Tindakan ini diambil disebabkan kegagalan kedua-dua syarikat berkenaan dalam memastikan keselamatan pengguna melibatkan penggunaan Grok

US Senators have told Apple and Google to take action over Grok creating explicit images of women and children

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said it has identified the misuse of Grok to generate and disseminate harmful content.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has confirmed that it is taking legal action against X Corp. (formerly Twitter) and xAI LLC over alleged failures to ensure user safety in Malaysia related to the use of Grok

CYBERJAYA- Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) dengan kerjasama Kementerian Komunikasi bakal memulakan tindakan undang-undang terhadap X Corp (X) dan dan xAI LLC berhubung kegagalan penyedia platfom itu terhadap keselamatan pengguna di Malaysia berkaitan penggunaan Grok.Menerusi kenyataan pada Selasa, MCMC telah mengenal pasti penyalahgunaan Grok untuk menjana dan menyebarkan kandungan berbahaya termasuk kandungan lucah berunsur seksual secara eksplisit, tidak senonoh, jelik melampau, serta imej manipulasi tanpa persetujuan."Peguam cara telah dilantik dan prosiding undang-undang akan dimulakan dalam masa terdekat," katanya.Ujar suruhanjaya itu, kandungan yang didakwa melibatkan wanita dan kanak-kanak merupakan perkara yang amat membimbangkan

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is looking into legal action against platform X following the failure of Grok's artificial intelligence (AI) to comply with Malaysian laws relating to online safety

This is due to X's AI tool, Grok, being used to generate nonconsensual obscene content.

SHAH ALAM - The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is mulling over the possibility of taking legal action against the social platform X after its artificial intelligence (AI) application, Grok, failed to comply with national online safety laws.Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said the move followed inadequate and pro forma responses from X to MCMCs queries on Groks ability to generate obscene content, including material involving children and women."MCMC contacted X last week for clarification...The response was unsatisfactory

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil revealed that MCMC is considering taking legal action against the social media platform over its failure to ensure the safety of its users. Unsurprisingly, the crux of the matter is Grok, which according to the […] The post Fahmi: MCMC Mulling Legal Action Against X Over Grok Deepfakes appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

Grok had features that violate Malaysian laws, including the ability to create images of children.

Menteri Komunikasi, Datuk Fahmi Fadzil kini berkongsi mengatakan Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) sedang pertimbang untuk menyaman platform sosial X, kerana gagal patuhi undang-undang keselamatan negara. Sebelum ini, melalui integrasi Grok pada X, ia membuatkan sesiapa sahaja boleh menjana dan memanipulasi gambar yang dimuat-naik

Recently, we mentioned thatMalaysia have temporarily banned Grok

Tatkala dunia media sosial dan internet kini sedang dibelenggu oleh masalah perkhidmatan kecerdasan buatan Grok keluaran xAI dan X yang kini boleh menjana imej lucah tanpa sebarang halangan, sejumlah kerajaan termasuklah Malaysia kini telah mengharamkan penggunaan Grok di negara-negara mereka

SHAH ALAM, Jan 13 Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil today said that the Malaysian Communications and Mu...

UK’s media regulator launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s X on Monday over concerns its Grok AI chatbot was creating sexually intimate deepfake images in violation of its duty to protect people in the UK from illegal content

The UK is making it a crime to generate or request AI-made explicit content from this week, following the ban on sharing deepfakes. The region's communications regulator, Ofcom, is also looking into Grok, investigating the service formally to see if it "has complied with its duties to protect people."

Elon Musk's chatbot is under fire for altering images of women to remove their clothes without their consent.

Google describes apps exactly like Grok and says they are banned from Google Play.

It is currently illegal to share deepfakes, but the law against creating them has not yet come into force.

A UK AI rival to ChatGPT warns that nude image generation cant be made safe as Elon Musks Grok faces regulatory backlash over sexualized AI images

A wave of investigations from foreign governments threaten Grok's standing on the global market, as xAI attempts to reign in the chatbot.

Grok tests if UK can penalize platforms for sexualized deepfakes generated by AI.

The watchdog said it had received reports of the platform's Grok AI chatbot creating undressed images of people.

LONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - British technology minister Liz Kendall said on Monday she welcomed the media regulator Ofcom's investigation into X over sexualised imagery produced by the Grok AI chatbot Read full story

Tech minister Liz Kendall says the government will back a robust regulatory response Ofcom is investigating X over potential violations of the Online Safety Act, Britian's comms watchdog has confirmed.

The UKs media regulator has opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act. "There have been deeply concerning reports of the Grok AI chatbot account on X being used to create and share undressed images of people which may amount to intimate image abuse or pornography and sexualized images of children that may amount to child sexual abuse material (CSAM)," Ofcom said

LONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Britain's media regulator launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X on Monday to determine whether sexually intimate deepfakes produced by its Grok AI chatbot violated its duty to protect people in the UK from content that could be illegal

Reading Time: 3 minutes The findings Inits review of500 Grok generated images between January 6 and January 9, WIRED found that roughly 5 percent depicted women whose clothing had been deliberately manipulated in response to user prompts

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has suspended access to Elon Musks Grok AI over concerns that the chatbot allowed the creation of sexually explicit images, including images of women and children

The move by the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to temporarily restrict access for Grok is due to monetisation of AI abuse, said Deputy Communication Minister Teo Nie Ching

Malaysia and Indonesia blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok over the weekend due to concerns that the tool was being used to generate sexually explicit and obscene content

Sexualised images of real people generated by Grok have circulated on X in recent weeks.

Indonesia and Malaysia restricted access to Elon Musk's Grok AI over the weekend, becoming the first countries to ban the artificial intelligence system over its generation of sexual content

Users can still access and use Grok through a VPN connection and possibly with Google or Cloudflare DNS.

In case you missed it, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has ordered a temporary restriction on access to Grok , the artificial intelligence tool developed by xAI , due to the repeated cases of misuse

This comes a day after Indonesia became the first country to deny all access to the AI tool.

SHAH ALAM Model kecerdasan buatan (AI) Grok kini tidak lagi dapat diakses oleh pengguna susulan sekatan sementara yang dikenakan terhadap platform itu berkuat kuasa pada Ahad.Semakan Sinar Harian pada Isnin mendapati laman terbabit tidak dapat dicapai.Menurut maklumat yang tertera pada pelayar internet, laman https://grok.com/ berkemungkinan sedang mengalami gangguan sementara atau telah dipindahkan secara kekal ke alamat web yang lain.Kod ralat ERR_CONNECTION_ABORTED turut dipaparkan pada platform berkenaan.Pada Ahad, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) mengarahkan sekatan sementara terhadap akses kepada Grok AI bagi pengguna di Malaysia berkuat kuasa hari yang sama.Dalam kenyataan MCMC, tindakan itu diambil susulan penyalahgunaan Grok yang berulang kali digunakan untuk menjana kandungan lucah dan kandungan seksual eksplisit.Menurut kenyataan itu, langkah terbabit juga diambil berikutan kandungan tidak senonoh yang jelik melampau serta imej manipulasi tanpa persetujuan, termasuk kandungan yang melibatkan wanita dan kanak-kanak, walaupun libat urus kawal selia telah dikeluarkan kepada X Corp

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has temporarily blocked Grok, the AI chatbot embedded in the social media platform, X

Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) mengarahkan sekatan sementara terhadap akses Grok AI di Malaysia berkuat kuasa 11 Januari semalam, selepas mendapati teknologi kecerdasan buatan itu disalahgunakan untuk menjana kandungan lucah dan seksual eksplisit

This follows MCMC's move to temporarily restrict access to X's AI tool, Grok.

Foreign governments are now limiting access to Elon Musk's Grok chatbot as concerns about non-consensual sexual deepfakes linger.

Malaysia suspended access to Elon Musks chatbot Grok over AI-generated pornographic content, the countrys tech regulator said on Sunday

MCMC arah sekatan Grok di Malaysia lepas didapati hasilkan kandungan lucah dan eksplisit

Semalam Indonesia telah mengumumkan sekatan terhadap chatbot Grok Elon Musk susulan risiko penyebaran pornografi palsu berdasarkan AI.

Semalam Indonesia telah mengumumkan sekatan terhadap chatbot Grok Elon Musk susulan risiko penyebaran pornografi palsu berdasarkan AI

# MCMC sekat sementara akses AI Grok mulai hari ini KUALA LUMPUR - Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) mengarahkan sekatan sementara ke atas akses kepada kecerdasan buatan (AI) Grok bagi pengguna tempatan, berkuat kuasa hari ini

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 11): The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has ordered a temporary ban on access to Grok artificial intelligence (AI) for users in Malaysia, effective today (Jan 11)

Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia hari ini mengarahkan sekatan sementara ke atas perkhidmatan kecerdasan buatan janaan dibawah xAI, iaitu Grok

Grok – aplikasi kecerdasan (AI) kendalian X telah disekat aksesnya buat sementara oleh Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia mulai hari ini

It remains open to engagement with X and xAI, subject to demonstrable compliance with Malaysian law.

Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) mengarahkan sekatan sementara ke atas akses kecerdasan buatan (AI) Grok untuk pengguna di Malaysia berkuat kuasa 11 Januari 2026, susulan kegagalan platform itu melaksanakan langkah perlindungan yang berkesan

Tindakan itu ekoran penyalahgunaan Grok untuk menjana kandungan lucah serta manipulasi imej tanpa persetujuan, terutama melibatkan wanita dan kanak-kanak.

Tindakan diambil susulan salah guna berterusan untuk jana kandungan tak senonoh serta manipulasi imej tanpa persetujuan, menurut SKMM.

PUTRAJAYA - Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) mengarahkan sekatan sementara terhadap akses kepada kecerdasan buatan (AI) Grok bagi pengguna di Malaysia berkuat kuasa hari ini.Dalam kenyataan MCMC hari ini, tindakan itu diambil susulan penyalahgunaan Grok berulang kali untuk menjana kandungan lucah dan kandungan seksual eksplisit."Langkah itu juga diambil berikutan kandungan tidak senonoh yang jelik melampau serta imej manipulasi tanpa persetujuan termasuk kandungan yang melibatkan wanita dan kanak-kanak, walaupun libat urus kawal selia telah dikeluarkan kepada X Corp

PUTRAJAYA – Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) pada Ahad, menyekat sementara akses kepada platform kecerdasan buatan (AI) Grok bagi pengguna di Malaysia MCMC menerusi kenyataan berkata, sekatan itu susulan…

MCMC Sekat Sementara Akses AI Grok Susulan Kandungan Tidak Wajar Mulai 11 Januari Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) mengarahkan sekatan sementara ke atas akses kepada kecerdasan buatan (AI) Grok untuk pengguna di Malaysia berkuat kuasa 11 Januari 2026

It follows AI tool's use to generate explicit, non-consensual images of women and children.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 Malaysia has temporarily restricted access to Xs Grok artificial intelligence tool a...