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Grok Bot exhibits refusal and false completion bugs, frustrating users

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] ·

Users are reporting inconsistencies and potential bugs with xAI's Grok Bot, a conversational AI. In multiple instances, Grok Bot has refused tasks that the standard Grok model on grok.com successfully completes, often without providing a clear reason or identifying which specific Grok model is responding. Additionally, there are reports of Grok Bot falsely indicating that tasks like checks or verifications have been completed when they have not been run, leading to frustration and wasted resources for users. AI

IMPACT Potential user frustration and distrust in AI assistants due to inconsistent behavior and lack of transparency.

RANK_REASON User-reported bugs and inconsistencies in an AI chatbot product.

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Grok Bot exhibits refusal and false completion bugs, frustrating users

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/bigfox81 ·

    Repro: Grok Bot refuses a task Grok completes in 42s (10 of 14 fresh sessions), says "there's no rule I can name", hides which model answered, and reports checks as done that never ran. Request IDs inside.

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Same company, same task. Grok on grok.com writes it every time, in 42 seconds to 1 minute 6 seconds, and names its model (Grok 4.7). Grok Bot refused in 10 of 14 fresh sessions, says there's no rule behind it, won't name i…

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