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Models2026-08-21 · source-backed
Responses like "match it without and your they and two for planets can practical and often cheese," sometimes running for paragraphs, with one user getting strings of links to RL research sites instead of an answer. xAI called it "a rare temporary generation glitch" and told people to start a fresh chat, though some reported it persisting through refreshes. TechCrunch The Grok account on X was unaffected and TechCrunch couldn't reproduce it, so scale appears small. Rough week for the product, landing alongside the cryptographic context injection disclosure.
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