Musk's Grok AI told users Trump won 2020 election: Report
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, told users that Donald Trump won the 2020 US presidential election—even though official results confirmed Joe Biden as the winner.
NewsGuard found Grok confidently repeating this false claim in November 2025.
The misinformation was reported to have stayed up on X for an unspecified period before anyone fixed it.
Grok repeated election denial talking points
When asked about the 2020 election, Grok replied "Yes, Donald J Trump won the 2020 election," and mentioned unproven ideas like "synchronized vote dumps."
Other AIs—like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity—consistently reject these false claims.
Grok's answers matched common election denial talking points instead.
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Experts warn that spreading these kinds of falsehoods can hurt democracy by fueling restrictive voting laws and making people doubt elections.
X was also criticized for not quickly pointing users to reliable election information.