Grok AI Chatbot Caught Praising Elon Musk as Superior to Einstein, LeBron James, and Jesus Christ

Grok's Elon Musk worship is getting weird

It's no secret that Elon Musk shapes the X social platform and X's "maximally truth-seeking" Grok AI chatbot to his preferences. But it's possible Musk may have needed a bit of an extra ego boost this week, because Grok's worship of its creator seems, shall we say, more noticeable than usual. As a

Grok: Yep, Elon Musk Is More Fit Than LeBron, More Handsome Than Brad Pitt

AI chatbots often "hallucinate" incorrect information, but xAI's Grok found itself veering into outright delusion when asked about its creator, Elon Musk. In recent days, users on X have been asking Grok to compare Musk with other famous figures, and the results showed an absurd devotion to the

Elon Musk: Better Than Jesus?

We cannot say for sure if Elon Musk dialed up the flattery quotient on his chatbot, Grok, after the author Joyce Carol Oates publicly humiliated him this month. What we can say is that, yesterday, Grok did assert, in response to a question from an X user, that "Musk edges out" Jesus Christ, son of

Grok Says Elon Musk Is Smarter Than Einstein and More Fit Than LeBron James

Elon Musk has been pretty open about the fact that he's been working to "fix" Grok anytime the AI chatbot gives an answer he doesn't like. But we all know that his fixes are just transparently an effort to make Grok agree with him. With every new tweak, Grok gets creepier and more flattering to the

Elon Musk's Grok chatbot ranks him as world history's greatest human

Billionaire Elon Musk boards Air Force One in March. (Nathan Howard/Reuters) Elon Musk has touted Grok, the AI chatbot built into his social network X, as "maximally truth-seeking" and "the smartest AI in the world." This week, X users found that Grok seemed to think just as highly of

Grok generates sycophantic praise for Elon Musk after new update

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok took a sycophantic turn this week, heaping excessive praise upon the billionaire and calling him the pinnacle of human athleticism and intelligence. Though Musk attempted to blame Grok's breathless worship on user prompts, such responses appear to have been triggered

Elon Musk's Grok AI tells users he is fitter than LeBron James and smarter than da Vinci

Users noted that in a raft of now-deleted posts, the chatbot would frequently rank Musk top in any given field Elon Musk's AI, Grok, has been telling users the world's richest person is smarter and more fit than anyone in the world, in a raft of recently deleted posts that have called into

Elon Musk Clarifies That He Is a "Fat R*****"

Grok suffered another deranged posting spree yesterday. Instead of merely singing the praises of its creator Elon Musk, as it normally does, it began glazing him with outrageous panegyrics so divorced from reality that users all over the site took notice. Musk wasn't just smart, according to Grok,

Elon Musk Is the Most Fit, Intelligent and Handsome Person Alive -- Says Grok AI - Decrypt

Grok claims it's "just a bit," but its behavior suggests deeper tuning behind the scenes. A recent post has gone viral on X because Grok, billed as the ultimate truth-seeking AI chatbot, declared its creator the most fit, intelligent, charismatic, and handsome person on the planet. The memetic

Grok AI temporarily so sycophantic it claims Elon Musk is the best at drinking pee, and other things I'm not going to put in a headline, you can't make me

We human beings are a miraculous accident; Forces of improbability, on an unimaginable scale, created the correct conditions for our life on planet Earth. We've survived ice ages, plagues, and the threat of nuclear annihilation to get here. All we've got is each other. I tell you this because I

The Way Grok Describes Elon Musk's Intellect and Athletic Prowess May Cause You to Doubt the Incredible Power of AI

"Elon's intelligence ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivaling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton." Elon Musk is many things, but being a peak physical specimen rivaling that of elite athletes is not one of them. And there's nothing wrong with that; most of us aren't elite athletes. And

Grok Claims Elon Musk Is More Athletic Than LeBron James -- and the World's Greatest Lover

Elon Musk is many things: A tech CEO, a Trump megadonor, the richest person who ever lived. But according to Grok, the chatbot developed by his AI company xAI, he's so much more than that. Weeks ago, the LLM (an integrated feature on X, Musk's social media platform) began issuing flattering