Why the Grok AI chatbot has started talking ‘gibberish’

Technology
21 Aug 2026 • 11:26 PM MYT
The Independent
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Why the Grok AI chatbot has started talking ‘gibberish’

  • Elon Musk's Grok chatbot has begun outputting nonsensical gibberish in response to standard queries from users.
  • Examples of the bizarre outputs reported on Reddit included phrase fragments such as “App scale designs with that and to your horse.”
  • Developers at xAI apologised for the output, describing the bizarre responses as a rare temporary generation glitch.
  • Users encountering the issue have been advised by developers to start a fresh chat or regenerate the prompt to resolve the problem.
  • Since its launch three years ago, the chatbot has faced multiple controversies, including generating praise for Adolf Hitler and producing sexualised images of children.

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