From the Washington Post, November 20, 2025:
Users on X shared examples of the “truth-seeking” AI chatbot praising its owner as “strikingly handsome,” a “genius” and fitter than LeBron James.
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 Musk.
Musk’s
social network on Thursday was flooded with examples of Grok replying
to users’ questions by lavishing praise on the billionaire entrepreneur.
Asked about his intellect, appearance and accomplishments, Grok
consistently hailed Musk as “strikingly handsome,” extolled his “lean,
athletic physique,” raved about his “genius-level intellect” and ranked
him as the No. 1 human, ahead of Leonardo da Vinci....
