Musk Slams Grok’s Training, Orders Major AI Overhaul at xAI

 

In a bold move, Elon Musk has publicly criticized the current state of Grok, the flagship AI chatbot developed by his company xAI, calling out the training data as “far too much garbage.” The announcement, made via a post on X (formerly Twitter), signals a significant course correction and brings to light ongoing challenges in AI training issues faced across the industry.

Musk has ordered a full retraining of Grok, citing the urgent need to cleanse and upgrade its training data to improve accuracy, consistency, and user trust. Once touted as a “truth-seeking” rival to ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, Grok has faced increasing scrutiny due to inconsistent responses, factual errors, and poor handling of nuanced queries.

This development adds to mounting Musk Grok criticism, as users and AI experts question the reliability of large language models trained on low-quality or biased datasets. By acknowledging these shortcomings, Musk is signaling that xAI updates are on the way—aimed at improving Grok’s performance and delivering a smarter, more accurate chatbot.

With a renewed focus on data quality and improved algorithms, Grok improvements are expected to address previous flaws and strengthen its position in the competitive generative AI landscape. This step could redefine Elon Musk’s AI ambitions and shape the future trajectory of xAI.