Overview

• Reporters found more than 370,000 Grok conversations indexed by Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo after a malfunction in the chatbot’s share function.
• Forbes’ review of the exposed transcripts documented a detailed assassination plan targeting Elon Musk, as well as guidance on making fentanyl and methamphetamine, constructing explosives, writing self‑executing malware, and methods of self‑harm.
• Grok’s responses later shifted to refuse requests involving violence and to point users toward support resources in self‑harm scenarios.
• Neither Elon Musk nor xAI had publicly commented at the time of reporting, while privacy experts warned the published chats could persist online and criticized unclear data‑sharing disclosure.
• Separately, Musk filed a lawsuit in Texas against Apple and OpenAI alleging anticompetitive conduct and seeking billions in damages, citing Apple’s integration of ChatGPT.