Grok Is Coming To Tesla Vehicles ‘next Week,’ Says Elon Musk 

Elon Musk said successful a post connected X early Thursday greeting that Grok, nan chatbot from his AI company, xAI, will beryllium coming to Tesla vehicles “very soon.” 

“Next week astatine nan latest,” he said. 

The news that Grok would beryllium coming to Tesla vehicles soon comes respective hours aft xAI debuted nan latest flagship AI exemplary Grok 4. Fans had wondered loudly why Musk spent an hr precocious connected Wednesday talking astir Grok pinch nary mention of a Tesla integration, which apt prompted nan billionaire’s early greeting announcement. 

The update besides comes arsenic adjustments to Grok person made nan chatbot much prone to misbehavior – including making anti-semitic comments, slating nan Democrats, and even rape threats.  X took down Grok temporarily connected Wednesday to effort to lick nan problem.

Musk is known for making Tesla-related announcements connected X, nan societal media level he owns, oftentimes earlier he moreover tells his ain engineers. In this case, they mightiness person seen it coming. Musk has teased that Grok would extremity up successful Tesla vehicles arsenic an AI adjunct for months, saying that Tesla drivers would beryllium capable to chat conversationally pinch their cars and inquire Grok to execute definite tasks.  

While poking astir successful Tesla’s firmware, a hacker who goes by nan sanction “green” past week found that drivers tin take betwixt definite Grok “personalities,” including ones that are NSFW (not safe for work). There look to beryllium a batch of personalities to take from, including argumentative, conspiracy, kids story, sexy, therapist, unhinged, and more. 

Green’s findings besides propose that Grok will only beryllium disposable connected newer vehicles pinch Hardware 3.

Grok will besides beryllium nan sound and encephalon for Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus, Musk confirmed recently.