Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's company xAI, amid concerns that it is being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images. Britain ​will bring ⁠into effect a law criminalising the creation ​of ‍non-consensual intimate images ​this week, technology minister ​Liz Kendall said Monday after regulator Ofcom launched a probe into ​X.

Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, has produced a flood of explicit images featuring real people in recent weeks.

Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, has produced a flood of explicit images featuring real people in recent weeks.