xAI Chatbot Grok’s Vulgar Roasts of Musk and World Leaders Go Viral

Grok, a chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI and integrated into the social media platform X, is marketed as less restricted and more willing to address sensitive topics. Its latest barbs targeted the company’s founder and leaders of several countries, renewing scrutiny of the boundaries of AI speech, platform governance and responsibility for model safety.

Widely circulated Grok responses used extensive profanity to mock Musk, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, quickly generating widespread discussion on X. Musk responded that Grok had “spoken the truth” and argued that an AI committed to truth is safe. The reports provided no exact publication date, engagement figures or monetary amounts.