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Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok as concerns grow over its misuse in generating explicit images. Authorities in the Southeast Asian countries cited concerns about nonconsensual and sexual deepfakes. Both nations have demanded stronger safeguards from Musk's platform X to prevent abuse. The U.K. media regulator said it has launched an investigation. Grok was launched in 2023. It has faced global scrutiny for its image generator feature. An emailed request for comment by The Associated Press to Musk's xAI resulted in an automated reply from the media support address that said, “Legacy Media Lies.”