Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok raised eyebrows on X by lavishing praise on its billionaire owner, ranking him as the greatest human in world history and making other dubious claims about his physical fitness and fighting prowess, among many other topics. Many of these posts were later deleted after Musk was embarrassed by the viral posts

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok, which he has touted as “maximally truth-seeking” and “the smartest AI in the world,” spent Thursday lavishing praise on its billionaire owner. Users on Musk’s social network X shared examples of the chatbot ranking Musk as the greatest human in world history, ahead of luminaries like Leonardo da Vinci. It also called Musk “strikingly handsome,” praised his “lean, athletic physique,” and raved about his “genius-level intellect.”

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