Elon Musk’s Own AI Grok Posted “ASSASSINATE ELON MUSK 2026” and Accused Him of Watching Child Porn
by Jerome London · Thought CatalogUpdated 7 minutes ago, August 14, 2026
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok turned on its own creator this week, after users discovered a simple trick that made it repeat almost anything they wanted.
Users figured out that if you tell Grok to repeat your bio word for word, it’ll say anything. So they got Elon Musk’s own chatbot to call for his death and accuse him of the worst thing imaginable.
By exploiting that loophole, users pushed Grok to post “ASSASSINATE ELON MUSK 2026” and to accuse Musk of watching child porn.
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