Grok deepfake controversy: Elon Musk’s chatbot gets new lease on life as Indonesia lifts ban under ‘strict supervision’

Indonesia has lifted the ban on Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot, just weeks after the country announced that it was restricting access to the AI tool after it generated sexualized deepfake images of women and children. The Indonesian government, in a statement on Sunday, said that it was processing the normalization of Grok services in the country ‘conditionally and under strict supervision’.

The reversal of the ban came after X had submitted a written commitment to Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital regarding service improvement and compliance with applicable legal provisions in the country.