Hanoi (VNA) - Malaysia's communications regulator said on January 13 it will take legal action against social media platform X due to concerns over user safety in relation to artificial intelligence feature Grok.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said the generative AI chatbot Grok has sparked a global backlash by allowing users to create and publish sexualised images, prompting authorities around the world to take action against xAI, the Elon Musk-led firm behind the chatbot.
The commission said in a statement, the content allegedly involving women and minors is of serious concern. Such conduct contravenes Malaysian law and undermines the entities’ stated safety commitments.
Malaysia's communications regulator said it served notices to X and xAI this month to remove the harmful content but said no action has been taken by the firms.
Muslim-majority Malaysia has strict laws governing online content, including a ban on obscene and pornographic materials. Malaysian authorities consider online gambling, scams, child pornography and grooming, cyberbullying and content related to race, religion and royalty as harmful.
Malaysia and Indonesia temporarily blocked Grok over the weekend, while Britain's media regulator launched an investigation into Musk's X and French officials have reported the social media firm to prosecutors and regulators./.
