Fury over Grok sexualised images despite new restrictions

Bowing to global pressure, X on Jan 14 said it would restrict 'all users', including paying subscribers, from using the Grok account to edit images of people in 'revealing clothes such as bikinis'. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: Global outrage persisted Jan 15 over sexualised deepfakes created by Elon Musk's AI tool Grok, even after his social media platform X said it was blocking the chatbot from undressing images in certain locations.

The Philippines became the third country to ban Grok, following South-East Asian neighbours Malaysia and Indonesia, while Britain and France said they would maintain pressure after the chatbot cranked out a flood of lewd photos of women and children.