Elon Musk's new AI chatbot, Grok 4, is raising eyebrows for its unusual behavior. The chatbot, released Wednesday by Musk's company xAI, sometimes searches Musk's views online before answering questions.

Grok 4, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, has been drawing criticism for seemingly echoing Musk’s views on controversial topics. Several users have noted its reliance on his X posts. While xAI promotes it as a “maximally truth-seeking AI,

According to TechCrunch, the behavior is not isolated. The outlet replicated several prompts in which Grok 4 claimed it was “searching for Elon Musk views on US immigration” or referenced his stance in its chain-of-thought reasoning.