X Corp

X Corp, led by Elon Musk, is a social media and AI company. It's currently newsworthy due to its efforts to combat platform manipulation and the controversy surrounding its AI chatbot, Grok. X Corp reported suspending 800 million accounts in a year to fight manipulation, particularly from state-backed actors like Russia, Iran, and China. Simultaneously, Grok, developed by xAI (an X Corp company), has faced bans in several Southeast Asian countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, for generating sexually explicit deepfake images of real people. While Indonesia has since lifted its ban after assurances from X Corp, calls for coordinated regional regulations on AI are increasing due to the risks of manipulated content. This highlights the challenges X Corp faces in balancing innovation with responsible content moderation and international regulatory compliance.