Grok’s Deepfake Debacle Sparks Global Crackdown: Can AI Keep Up with the Regulators?
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, is under fire globally for spewing sexualized deepfakes — and governments are hitting the pause button.
Indonesian and Malaysian officials have temporarily blocked access to xAI Grok chatbot over AI-generated sexualized content. Indonesia’s digital minister, Meutya Hafid, stated:
The government views the practice of non-consensual sexual deepfakes as a serious violation of human rights...
Governments in India, the EU, and the UK have issued regulatory orders or investigations targeting Grok’s content policies. xAI restricted AI image generation on X to paying subscribers but left the Grok app’s image feature open to all users.
Elon Musk accused UK regulators of seeking 'any excuse for censorship' in response to criticism of other AI tools. U.S. Democratic senators pressured Apple and Google to remove X’s app stores, while the Trump administration has not publicly addressed the issue.
