The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said Wednesday it is open to unblocking Grok if the Elon Musk-founded artificial intelligence platform can guarantee a safer digital environment.
DICT Secretary Henry Aguda told reporters that department and inter-agency regulators are meeting with X representatives to review safety protocols for the Grok AI chatbot. The talks with X, the platform owner of Grok, aim to resolve pending issues regarding content safeguards and local compliance.
Access will be unblocked as soon as regulators are satisfied that the appropriate protections are in place, Aguda said.
He said the DICT would lift the block based on an order already issued to all internet service providers, though the timing depends on how quickly each provider can implement the change.
Several countries have already blocked or are investigating the platform for potential violations of online safety, child protection and human rights standards. The move comes as the Philippines seeks to tighten oversight on generative AI tools that can produce hyper-realistic 100 percent synthetic media.
