Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok as concerns grow over its misuse in generating explicit images. Authorities in the Southeast Asian countries cited concerns about nonconsensual and sexual deepfakes. Both nations have demanded stronger safeguards from Musk's platform X to prevent abuse. The U.K. media regulator said it has launched an investigation. Grok was launched in 2023. It has faced global scrutiny for its image generator feature. An emailed request for comment by The Associated Press to Musk's xAI resulted in an automated reply from the media support address that said, "Legacy Media Lies."
Texas' attorney general is praising a Supreme Court ruling upholding a state law aimed at blocking children from seeing pornography online. Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday companies "have no right to expose children to pornography and must institute reasonable age verification measures." Nearly half the states have passed similar age verification laws as smartphones and other devices make it easier to access online porn. The Free Speech Coalition says the Texas law puts an unfair burden on adults by requiring them to submit personal information that could be vulnerable to hacking. District courts initially blocked laws in Indiana, Tennessee and Texas, but appeals courts let the laws take effect.