The Philippines announced on Jan. 21 that it would lift its ban on Grok after xAI’s developers said they would modify the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for the local market.
The country’s Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) said in a statement that xAI had pledged to modify the content generator specifically for the Philippines, “including the omission of image/content manipulation features that allowed for deepfake creation and the total exclusion of pornographic content, particularly child sexual abuse material.”
Elon Musk’s X announced on Jan. 14 that it would “geoblock the ability” of all X users “to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire” in countries where it is illegal, following mounting criticism that the chatbot had been used to generate explicit images….
Philippines to End Ban on X’s AI Chatbot Grok
