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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Josh Taylor

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

The xAI Grok logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.
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. Photograph: Algi Febri Sugita/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

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 question the bot’s objectivity.

Users on X using the artificial intelligence chatbot in the past week have noted that whatever the comparison – from questions of athleticism to intelligence and even divinity – Musk would frequently come out on top.

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