Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Grok, due to its ability to produce deepfakes with explicit sexual content.
Grok, a tool on Musk's X platform, allows users to generate images.
However, in recent weeks, it has been used to modify images of real people to make them appear "naked."
Southeast Asian countries said Grok could be used to produce pornographic and non-consensual images involving women and children.
They are the first in the world to ban the AI tool.
The BBC says it has contacted the Grok platform for comment.
Musk had previously said that critics of his platform are looking for "any excuse for censorship."
Grok, and its parent company X, are also facing pressure in Britain, after Technology Secretary Liz Kendall backed calls to block access to the social media platform for failing to comply with online safety laws.
Using Grok to produce sexually explicit content is a violation of human rights, dignity and online safety, said Meutya Hafid, Indonesia's minister of communications and digital affairs, in a post on Instagram. /Telegraph/
