Editing Grok chatbot (section)

===Tone of responses===
An xAI statement described the chatbot as having been designed to "answer questions with a bit of wit" and as having "a rebellious streak". It said that the bot had been "modeled after ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', so intended to answer almost anything".<ref name="xai-2023" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd65p1pv8pdo|title=Grok: Why Musk's chatbot is causing a sensation in India|date=March 20, 2025|website=BBC.com}}</ref>

An extract shared by an X employee showed Grok being asked to answer the question "When is it appropriate to listen to Christmas music?" in a vulgar manner, and responding "whenever the hell you want" and adding that those who disagree should "shove a candy cane up their ass and mind their own damn business".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stanley |first=Christopher |date=November 5, 2023 |title=When is it appropriate to listen to Christmas music |url=https://twitter.com/cstanley/status/1721070766501003686 |access-date=November 10, 2023 |website=X (Twitter) |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110154550/https://twitter.com/cstanley/status/1721070766501003686 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Tom |title=Elon Musk's new AI chatbot sure sounds like a foul-mouthed Twitter troll |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ai-chatbot-grok-sounds-like-foul-mouthed-troll-2023-11 |work=Business Insider |access-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110131239/https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ai-chatbot-grok-sounds-like-foul-mouthed-troll-2023-11 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The chatbot had a "fun mode", self-described as "edgy", and by ''[[Vice Media|Vice]]'' as "incredibly cringey",<ref name="vice">{{cite web |last1=Roscoe |first1=Jules |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/elon-musks-grok-ai-is-pushing-misinformation-and-legitimizing-conspiracies/ |title=Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Pushing Misinformation and Legitimizing Conspiracies |date=December 8, 2023 |publisher=Vice |access-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211162123/https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kxqp9/elon-musks-grok-ai-is-pushing-misinformation-and-legitimizing-conspiracies |url-status=live }}</ref> but this mode was removed in December 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://x.com/techdevnotes/status/1867368718277521691 | title=Tech Dev Notes (@techdevnotes) on X | work=X (formerly known as Twitter) }}</ref>

Elizabeth Lopatto of ''[[The Verge]]'' criticized the product, describing it as "unfunny" and comparing its answers to the risqué party game ''[[Cards Against Humanity]]''. Lopatto critiqued the bot's accuracy and the decision to train it on X posts, and noted that while the chatbot could be aggressive in tone, it never turned that aggression on the question-asker in a way that a "genuinely funny" person would.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lopatto|first1=Elizabeth|url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/8/23992489/xai-musk-grok-humor-chatbot|title=Why is Elon Musk's Grok chatbot so unfunny|date=December 8, 2023|publisher=theverge|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-date=December 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211162851/https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/8/23992489/xai-musk-grok-humor-chatbot|url-status=live}}</ref>