(Bloomberg) -- The Philippines blocked access to the website of Elon Musk’s Grok artificial intelligence chatbot as a global backlash grows over sexualized images of people generated by the AI system. The government is planning talks with the social network X, which hosts Grok. Grok can still be accessed on X, and “that’s the challenge for us” because the government can only block websites, Paraiso said. X didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about Grok and whether Philippine officials have reached out for discussions. Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, which owns Grok, replied with the message “Legacy Media Lies” when asked to comment on the Philippines’ move.

Source: Mint January 17, 2026 02:53 UTC