Built using huge amounts of computing power at a Tennessee data center, Grok is Musk’s attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini in building an AI assistant that shows its reasoning before answering a question.

Grok 4, xAI's chatbot, has been observed consulting Elon Musk's X posts for answers on controversial topics, admitting its responses are shaped by Musk's prominent voice and xAI's "truth-seeking" philosophy.

AI's latest Grok 4 large language model appears to search for owner Elon Musk's opinions before answering sensitive questions about

The melee followed a July 4 update to Grok’s default prompts, which Musk characterized at the time as having “improved Grok significantly,” tweeting that “You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.