Musk, who has been at loggerheads with Altman since their fallout after co-founding OpenAI, reacted strongly to Grok's response. He criticized the platform for allowing false defamatory statements about him. The incident highlights the challenge of maintaining neutrality in AI chatbots like Grok.

Even Grok seemed to have trouble explaining precisely what it posted to be banned from its own platform. When one user asked the chatbot why it had been temporarily taken down, the account replied that it was “due to inappropriate posts,