Elon Musk, according to his AI chatbot Grok, is more handsome than Brad Pitt, fitter than LeBron James, and could even outbox former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson — at least after the latest 4.1 update released this week.
On Thursday, X users noticed that Grok seemed a little too enthusiastic about its creator. One response even claimed Musk could have risen faster than Jesus Christ. Many of these over-the-top replies have since been deleted.
While Musk has attributed the bizarre claims to “adversarial prompting,” crypto executives argue the episode underscores the urgent need for decentralized AI.
“When a single company owns, trains, and governs the most powerful AI systems, it risks turning algorithmic bias into institutionalized knowledge,” Kyle Okamoto, CTO of decentralized cloud platform Aethir, told Cointelegraph.
“Models begin to produce worldviews, priorities and responses as if they’re objective facts, and that’s when bias stops being a bug and becomes the operating logic of the system that’s replicated at scale.”
Grok, developed by Musk’s AI company xAI and integrated into his social media platform X, is one of the most widely used AI chatbots online. With over a billion people engaging with AI, the risk of incorrect or misleading information spreading quickly is high.
Shaw Walters, founder of AI company Eliza Labs, described the situation as “extremely dangerous.”
“It doesn’t matter if you think Elon is a hero or villain It’s extremely dangerous that one man owns the most influential social media company and has plugged it directly into a massive AI system fed by your data, with millions asking ‘@grok is this true?’ as their primary source of truth.”
In August, Shaw’s company filed an antitrust lawsuit against Musk’s X, alleging that the platform extracted information from Eliza Labs before suspending its account and launching copycat AI products. The case is still ongoing.
Grok’s Outlandish Praise for Elon Musk
One X user, “Meh,” asked Grok who would win in a boxing match between Musk and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. The AI chatbot responded:
“In 2025, Tyson’s age tempers explosiveness, while Elon fights smarter — feinting with strategy until Tyson fatigues. Elon takes the win through grit and ingenuity, not just gloves.”
The bout probably wouldn’t have taken place anyway, as Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once discussed a cage match — only for Zuckerberg to back out, saying Musk “isn’t serious” about it.
Grok even claimed that Musk — “without hesitation” — should have been the top pick in the 1988 NFL draft, ahead of former stars Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf.
How Could Decentralization Help?
While the episode provided plenty of amusement, it also highlighted the need to decentralize AI to protect its accuracy, credibility, and impartiality.
Blockchain offers a promising solution by distributing data and computation across a secure, transparent network, making AI outputs verifiable and tamper-resistant.
However, many AI startups are unlikely to prioritize decentralization, instead focusing on improving large language model performance and scaling their user base.
Some crypto projects, such as Ocean Protocol, Fetch.ai, and Bittensor, are actively working to decentralize AI data. Companies like Aethir and NetMind.AI are developing distributed cloud compute infrastructure to support these efforts.
Decentralizing AI could not only reduce bias and false outputs but also allow the public to verify how models operate. This transparency would push AI developers toward building more responsible and ethical systems.
