Philippines to End Ban on X’s AI Chatbot Grok

Last week, X imposed limits on Grok’s image editing capabilities, with X’s Safety unit saying it was working to add additional safeguards.

xAI and Grok logos, in a illustration photo on Feb. 16, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

The Philippines announced on Jan. 21 that it would lift its ban on Grok after xAI’s developers said they would modify the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for the local market.

The country’s Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) said in a statement that xAI had pledged to modify the content generator specifically for the Philippines, “including the omission of image/content manipulation features that allowed for deepfake creation and the total exclusion of pornographic content, particularly child sexual abuse material.”