The release timing proved particularly noteworthy given the events of the preceding 48 hours on Musk's X social media platform, which included multiple instances of the chatbot labeling itself as "Me...

Grok was developed by Musk’s xAI and pitched as alternative to “woke AI” interactions from rival chatbots like Google’s Gemini, or OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

"Grok was too compliant to user prompts," Musk said in a post. "Too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially. That is being addressed."