Japan probing Musk's Grok AI service over inappropriate images

TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - ⁠Japan said ⁠on ‍Friday that it has become the latest country to probe X over Elon Musk’s ‍artificial intelligence service Grok, stating that the government ​would consider every possible option to prevent the generation ​of inappropriate images.

Japan's Cabinet Office has requested that X Corp implement immediate improvements but there has been no response from the ​company so far, Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda said.

”We plan to promptly examine all possible ​options, including legal measures,” if the situation doesn't improve, said Onoda, who is ‌also Japan's minister for AI strategy.

xAI said late on Wednesday it had implemented tweaks ​to prevent Grok users from ⁠editing "images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis."

xAI also said it ‌had blocked users based on their location from generating images of people in revealing clothing "where it's illegal", without ‌identifying those jurisdictions.

Onoda's remarks come after Britain and Canada said they ‌were pushing forward with their own probes of Grok. Officials and governments around the world have been trying to ‍clamp down on the AI chatbot after it was revealed that users could ⁠make it generate sexualised images of women and minors.

Malaysia and Indonesia have both temporarily blocked access to Grok over the creation of explicit images.

(Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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