FILE PHOTO: xAI and Grok logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Japan said on Friday that it has become the latest country to probe X over Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence service Grok, stating that the government would consider every possible option to prevent the generation of inappropriate images.
Japan's Cabinet Office has requested that X Corp implement immediate improvements but there has been no response from the company so far, Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda said.
”We plan to promptly examine all possible options, including legal measures,”if the situation doesn't improve, said Onoda, who is also Japan's minister for AI strategy.
xAI said late on Wednesday it had implemented tweaks to prevent Grok users from editing "images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis."
xAI also said it had blocked users based on their location from generating images of people in revealing clothing "where it's illegal", without identifying those jurisdictions.
Onoda's remarks come after Britain and Canada said they were pushing forward with their own probes of Grok. Officials and governments around the world have been trying to clamp down on the AI chatbot after it was revealed that users could make it generate sexualised images of women and minors.
Malaysia and Indonesia have both temporarily blocked access to Grok over the creation of explicit images.
(Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Tom Hogue)
