Tesla Will Integrate Grok AI into its Vehicles Next Week, Despite All the Controversy

Tesla is preparing to roll out Grok, the chatbot developed by xAI, into its vehicles as early as next week. The announcement made by Elon Musk comes at a particularly delicate time, as Grok is plunged into a media storm after generating antisemitic, hateful, and violent content on the X platform (formerly Twitter), also controlled by Musk.

An in-house AI to talk to your Tesla
According to Musk, Grok's objective is to allow drivers to "talk to their Tesla and ask it anything." The feature will initially be deployed in vehicles equipped with the Ryzen infotainment system and subscribed to Premium connectivity. Older models (Intel, pre-2022) would not be compatible.

By default, the feature is activated via a button on the steering wheel, but code in the Tesla app suggests that a voice keyword could also serve as a trigger — which is already raising privacy concerns.

Tesla will also allow switching between different personality modes for Grok: "assistant", "argumentative", "sexy", "unhinged", and even child modes.

What Grok can – and can’t - do
Grok is expected to serve as an advanced voice assistant, capable of responding to complex commands, helping with navigation or accessing settings like tire pressure or battery status. Future integrations into the Tesla mobile app also hint at links with the iOS calendar, which could be part of a broader strategy related to Robotaxi.

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