{"id":1160254,"date":"2026-08-21T00:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T00:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1160254\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T00:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T00:27:16","slug":"grok-is-having-a-hard-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1160254\/","title":{"rendered":"Grok Is Having a Hard Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

xAI\u2019s Grok chatbot began spitting out gibberish this week in response to direct queries, TechCrunch reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to TechCrunch, one user reported that they asked Grok to generate a PDF, receiving a reply beginning \u201cmatch it without and your they and two for planets can practical and often cheese\u2026\u201d (It just sort of went on from there, apparently.) Another user found that source links provided by Grok led to reinforcement learning research sites instead. Users told TechCrunch they first noticed the issues on Grok Lite, beginning on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

Complaints on the Grok subreddit included a reply<\/a> to the word \u201cballs\u201d that began, \u201capp scale designs with that and to your horse choose batch.\u201d Other users posted similar gibberish from Grok in recent days, like<\/a> \u201cpeople stable stage right professional on steel\u201d or this one<\/a> just starting out with the sentence \u201cskin.\u201d Truly a blow to the \u201cjailbreaking Grok<\/a> for nonconsensual sexual imagery<\/a>\u201d community, as well as any other users that may theoretically exist.<\/p>\n

Grok is primarily useful within the context of the X platform itself, though Tesla also sells drivers a Grok-powered voice assistant. Its biggest hits include a Wikipedia knockoff known for Holocaust denial<\/a> and AI-generated \u201canti-woke\u201d<\/a> content. A recent YouGov UK poll clocked it as having the second-worst<\/a> user satisfaction scores of any major AI platform at 24.6% positive. It managed to beat only Siri\u2019s 23.7% positive rating, even though Siri isn\u2019t even a general-purpose AI. Other reports have indicated Grok is shedding users<\/a>, failing to generate revenue or penetrate enterprise markets<\/a>, and has convinced only a miniscule number of users it\u2019s worth paying for (0.174% in Q2 2026<\/a>, according to Recon Analytics). X\/xAI owner Elon Musk doesn\u2019t have the best track record, having personally broken<\/a> the X platform on at least one confirmed prior occasion.<\/p>\n

TechCrunch noted it wasn\u2019t able to replicate the technical issues experienced by users\u2026 but how could they tell, am I right folks?<\/p>\n

The official Grok account responded<\/a> to one user\u2019s complaints by characterizing the \u201cpure word salad\u201d as a \u201crare temporary generation glitch,\u201d although it should be noted that asking a chatbot why it\u2019s malfunctioning is like asking a dog to do math.<\/p>\n

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