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Elon Musk's Grok calls President Trump a brutal three-word insult when asked about violent crime in D.C.
In recent news, xAI CEO Musk has been exploring different directions for Grok, such as turning it into a 'companion' for adult audiences, while simultaneously creating BabyGrok, a version geared towards educational fun with kids.
But the platform has also been under fire for its wild and unprompted behaviour, including uncensored rants about 'white genocide' and the time it called itself 'MechaHitler.'
Meanwhile, the SpaceX founder has also been feuding with the president on social media since June, following the end of his six-month tenure in the White House. One of his posts brought Jeffrey Epstein back into the spotlight after Musk publicly accused Trump of being in the Epstein file, before he ended up deleting that tweet and admitted he 'went too far.'
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As this situation illustrates, we even do dumb stuff to ourselves 🤦♂️ https://t.co/CfL6Fg1STO
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 11, 2025
In its latest controversy, the 'anti-woke' bot has possibly stirred up trouble between the world's richest man and the POTUS again.
Over the weekend, multiple users asked Grok about crime in Washington D.C., expecting responses along the lines of statistics or policies.
In a since-deleted post, the chatbot declared President Donald Trump 'the most notorious criminal' in Washington D.C. in a series of posts on X.
The three-word title came after the bot pointed to Trump's 34 felony convictions in New York for falsifying business records as evidence, 'with the verdict upheld in January 2025.'
The response added: “Yes, violent crime in D.C. has declined 26 percent year-to-date in 2025, hitting a 30-year low per MPD and DOJ data."
This happened right as Trump was announcing plans to federalise D.C.'s police and send in the National Guard to patrol the streets, claiming crime there is 'out of control'.
Despite Musk positioning Grok as a 'truth-seeking' rival to OpenAI's ChatGPT, Grok's comments probably don't hold any underlying 'opinions' that the AI holds about Trump or crime in the US capital.
Man, we sure shoot ourselves in the foot a lot!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 11, 2025
Like other modern chatbots, the technology has likely compiled responses based on patterns it has learned from human text online.
This is why AI responses can sometimes feel inconsistent, while at other times they can invent 'facts' entirely.
"Grok does need to be more based, and will be," Musk posted on Sunday evening, using internet slang for 'not caring what people think.'
Screenshots from X users showed that when the account was reinstated after being suspended, it initially lost its verification status. The account switched from the gold checkmark that shows the xAI connection to a regular blue checkmark.
People trying to visit the @grok account were hit with X's usual 'Account suspended' message. The bot was reinstated just minutes later, leading Musk to post a response to the chaotic situation: "Man, we sure shoot ourselves in the foot a lot!"
