{"id":249622,"date":"2026-01-21T08:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/249622\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T08:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:52:09","slug":"philippines-to-restore-access-to-grok-after-developer-commits-to-safety-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/249622\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippines to restore access to Grok after developer commits to safety fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">MANILA &#8211; The Philippines will restore access to Mr Elon Musk\u2019s AI chatbot Grok following commitments from its developer to remove image-manipulation tools that previously raised child safety concerns, its cybercrime investigation unit said on Jan 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThe Grok AI app has reached out to us and stated that its platform will no longer use any content manipulation,\u201d the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) said in a statement posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cEven after lifting the ban, the CICC will still closely monitor the app to ensure they comply with the rules and regulations in our country,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Philippines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/philippines-to-ban-musks-grok-ai-on-jan-15-over-sexualised-deepfakes?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">last week blocked Grok<\/p>\n<p><\/a> amid concerns about its ability to generate sexualised images, including content that could pose child safety risks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The move came as governments and regulators from Europe to Asia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/world\/united-states\/ai-chatbot-grok-posts-sexual-images-of-minors-after-lapses-in-safeguards?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">cracked down on sexually explicit content generated by Grok<\/p>\n<p><\/a> on the social media platform X, launching probes, imposing bans and demanding safeguards. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>PhilippinesAI\/artificial intelligenceTwitterElon Musk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANILA &#8211; The Philippines will restore access to Mr Elon Musk\u2019s AI chatbot Grok following commitments from its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,343,344,85,46,125],"class_list":["post-249622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}