Musk tells Tesla staff to switch to Grok — a model he admits is worse
Summary
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/05/Elon-Musk-the-king-of-self-dealing.png?w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Elon Musk told Tesla staff to move to using Grok, the AI model from his own xAI (now folded into SpaceX), according to a memo sent to employees on Friday.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The push comes days after Tesla capped employee spending on third-party AI tools — and it lands even though Musk himself concedes Grok is not as good as its rivals.</p>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/05/Elon-Musk-the-king-of-self-dealing.png?w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Elon Musk told Tesla staff to move to using Grok, the AI model from his own xAI (now folded into SpaceX), according to a memo sent to employees on Friday.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The push comes days after Tesla capped employee spending on third-party AI tools — and it lands even though Musk himself concedes Grok is not as good as its rivals.</p>