Elon Musk, currently on track to become the world’s first trillionaire, is apparently obsessed with teaching Grok about video games. The xAI-powered chatbot was reportedly so bad at answering questions about Baldur’s Gate 3 last year that Musk actually delayed a major update to its model so the problem could be rectified.
That bizarre anecdote comes from a recent deep-dive investigation into xAI by Business Insider. Musk’s penchant for chaos and micromanagement was apparently so bad that when confronted with Grok’s inability to correctly parse details about Larian Studios’ hit 2023 RPG based on Dungeons & Dragons, he pulled top engineers off other projects to get the chatbot sorted.
“In one instance last year, a model release was delayed for several days because Musk was dissatisfied with how the chatbot answered detailed questions about the video game ‘Baldur’s Gate,’ according to people familiar with the matter. High-level engineers were pulled from other projects to improve the responses before launch, they said,” Business Insider writes.
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Lest you think this episode was a one-off, Musk was also apparently obsessed with teaching Grok how to play League of Legends. Some former xAI employees reportedly compare how the company is run to a never-ending fire drill. There are multiple “war rooms” running at the Palo Alto headquarters to tackle urgent issues, including getting Grok to Challenger rank in Riot Games’ popular MOBA.
“At the end of 2025, at least five war rooms were running simultaneously, according to three people,” writes Business Insider. “One, they said, was dedicated to teaching Grok how to play one of Musk’s favorite video games, ‘League of Legends.’”
That definitely sounds like the unparalleled, no-drugs grindset of someone worth a trillion dollars. It’s worth noting that all of this was happening the year following Musk exposing himself as a massive cheater in games like Diablo 4 and Path of Exile 2. Baldur’s Gate 3‘s own publishing head was busy calling out Musk’s promises of AI-generated video games for missing the point.
