Elon Musk's artificial intelligence project Grok has gone from buzzy experiment to geopolitical flashpoint in a matter of days. Governments from Southeast Asia to Europe are suddenly treating the chatbot as a risk to public safety and national dignity,

Malaysia on Sunday temporarily blocked access to Grok, joining a growing list of countries taking action after the generative artificial intelligence chatbot sparked a global backlash by allowing users to create and publish sexualised images.