Manila (Pakistan News) after Indonesia and Malaysia the Philippines has blocked access to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot website Grok, citing concerns over sexualised images generated by the AI system.
According to details, the government demanded the company to remove the capability for the app Grok to create pornographic content, particularly involving minors.
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center Head Renato Paraiso told during a news conference that the government intends to coordinate with social network X, on which Grok is hosted, Grok can still be accessed on X, and that’s the challenge for us,” he further stated that authorities can block only standalone websites.
Secretary of Information and Communications Technology Henry Aguda of the country verified that the government has instructed internet service providers to block Grok and will engage in discussions with X to “solve the problem”.
This move by the Philippines is in line with similar restrictions by Indonesia and Malaysia. Indonesia’s blockage is attributed to the need to shield women, children, and the whole community against the threat of counterfeit pornographic content produced by the use of artificial intelligence technology. Malaysia plans to take legal action against X and xAI for their inability to shield citizens.
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