Malaysia and Indonesia block Elon Musk’s Grok due to obscene, non-consensual content

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

Malaysia and Indonesia blocked access to Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok over the weekend due to concerns that the tool was being used to generate sexually explicit and obscene content.

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Malaysia and Indonesia block Musk’s Grok over sexually explicit deepfakes

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

Sexualised images of real people generated by Grok have circulated on X in recent weeks.

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Motional puts AI at center of robotaxi reboot as it targets 2026 for driverless service

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

Motional says it will launch a driverless robotaxi service in Las Vegas before the end of 2026.

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Google co-founders may be leaving California

Posted on January 11, 2026 by Techme101

Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google.

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Instagram says there’s been ‘no breach’ despite password reset requests

Posted on January 11, 2026 by Techme101

Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached.

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Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries

Posted on January 11, 2026 by Techme101

This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries.

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Nuclear startups are back in vogue with small reactors, and big challenges

Posted on January 11, 2026 by Techme101

Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are they underestimating the challenge?

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Walmart teams up with Google’s Gemini to make it easier for shoppers to find and buy products

Posted on January 11, 2026 by Techme101

The retail giant also has a similar deal with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and has its own AI-powered chatbot, Sparky.

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Google bolsters bet on AI-powered commerce with new platform for shopping agents

Posted on January 11, 2026 by Techme101

As retailers create AI agents for shopping and customer service, Google wants to secure its place in the ecommerce market.

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Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Posted on January 11, 2026 by Techme101

Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok.

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