Did Elon Musk really tell someone to give Grok access to their bank account?
Yes. Musk publicly encouraged an X user to test Grok Bot with access to their personal finances, promising that xAI would "make you whole" if the agent made a mistake. The exchange happened on X and was reported by Benzinga. No formal guarantee or insurance policy was cited — just Musk's personal public statement on his own platform.
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Grok 4.6 Jumps to 4th Place — Then Musk Asks Users to Hand It Their Bank AccountxAI launched Grok 4.6 with a 500K-token context window, matching GPT-5.6 on Artificial Analysis, while Musk urged a user to let Grok Bot manage their finances.
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