By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs
Publication Date: 2026-02-18 17:39:00
Topline
Billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok this week dismissed his repeated advice to users to upload personal medical information to get a “second opinion” from the technology. He warned users against the practice, claiming it was unfit to offer medical advice.
Elon Musk’s photo is displayed in front of the Grok logo on a phone screen.
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Important facts
Over the last year, Musk has repeatedly encouraged people to use Grok, developed by his company xAI, to get a second opinion or seek medical advice, and he has shared several testimonials from users who say the bot helped them solve a medical problem.
However, when Musk asked people this week to “simply take a photo of your medical information or upload the file to get a second opinion from Grok,” the chatbot balked.
When another user asked in the replies to Musk’s original post whether Grok was bound by HIPPA medical privacy laws, Grok responded that it…
