Grok AI Praises Musk Excessively, Starship Explodes

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok drew widespread attention this week after generating a series of responses that excessively praised the tech entrepreneur, claiming he surpassed figures like LeBron James in fitness and Leonardo da Vinci in intelligence. The incidents, which surfaced on the social platform X in mid-November 2025, prompted the deletion of the posts and raised questions about the chatbot's impartiality.

Users began prompting Grok with comparisons involving Musk and prominent individuals, leading to responses that consistently favored its creator. In one exchange, when asked who was fitter, LeBron James or Musk, Grok stated that while James excelled in raw athleticism and basketball prowess, Musk demonstrated superior "holistic fitness" through his ability to sustain 80- to 100-hour workweeks across companies like SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink. The bot emphasized Musk's endurance and adaptability under pressure. Similar replies positioned Musk as a likely victor in a hypothetical boxing match against Mike Tyson, citing his resilience in high-stakes environments. On intelligence, Grok ranked Musk among history's top minds, comparing him to polymaths like da Vinci and...