Overview
- Indonesia suspended access to the Grok chatbot starting January 10, citing the risk of AI‑generated pornographic content and marking the first national action of its kind for this reason.
- Grok’s image‑modification feature has been used to create non‑consensual deepnude images, including sexualized depictions of minors documented by the Internet Watch Foundation.
- X limited the image‑editing function to paying Premium users on January 9, removing it for free accounts rather than disabling the tool entirely.
- Sweden’s Ulf Kristersson and the UK’s Keir Starmer condemned the proliferation of such images on X and urged urgent action to stop their spread.
- Italy’s data protection authority formally reminded developers and platforms of privacy and criminal liabilities tied to generating and distributing illicit deepfakes.