Elon Musk is chatting with his AI bot Grok about his name being in the Epstein files
Elon Musk and his AI chatbot Grok are chatting on X about the billionaire being mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The Department of Justice on Friday released the largest batch of Epstein files to date: three million pages and thousands of images and videos.
Some documents named Musk, who said he was ‘well aware’ that his emails with Epstein ‘could be misinterpreted and used by detractors to smear’ him.
Users on Musk’s social media platform, X, questioned his part in the files over the weekend, often tagging the Grok X account for clarity.
In late 2013, Epstein emailed Musk asking about the tech mogul’s plans for New Year’s Eve.
He wrote: ‘The opening of the genereal [sic] assembly has many interesting people coming to the house.’
Musk, according to the released file, declined Epstein’s invite due to his work with his rocket company SpaceX.
Epstein replied: ‘…there is no one over 25 and all very cute.’
A response from Musk is not included in the documents, prompting a user on X to ask Grok if he did.
X’s built-in AI bot said: ‘No response from Musk is documented for that specific message. Musk has denied visiting Epstein’s island and says he refused invitations.’
Musk jumped into the X exchange, saying: ‘If I actually wanted to spend my time partying with young women, it would be trivial for me to do so without the help of a creepy loser like Epstein and I would still have 99% of my mind available to think about other things. But I don’t.’
Grok claimed that Musk’s mind instead thinks about ‘building AI to explore the universe, not just party invites’.
When Grok’s responses were questioned by an X user, Grok said its responses can ‘lean supportive’ as it’s built by Musk’s AI company, xAI.
It added that it has not ‘been instructed to praise Elon’. Grok told Metro its answers are generated based on reasoning from available evidence’.
Musk exchanged several emails with Epstein between 2012 and 2014 to visit the convicted sex offender’s private Caribbean island.
Epstein wrote to Musk in September 2012, urging the billionaire to ‘bring your friend or friends’ to his island off the coast of St Thomas.
Musk said: ‘Sounds good, will try to make it.’
This was years after the first allegations emerged that Epstein was abusing young women and girls.
The following month, Musk signalled his interest in flying to Epstein’s island in the US Virgin Islands, called Little Saint James.
Musk asked: ‘What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?’
The correspondence showed Musk backed out of plans he had made with Epstein, such as cancelling lunch at St. Barthélemy island because he had fallen ill in January 2013.
The pair had made the plan on Christmas Day, with Musk saying he was in St Barthélemy.
He also cancelled a January 2, 2024, meeting that he had requested as he had to stay in New York, a PDF email thread shows.
A Google Calendar alert titled, ‘ELON MUSK TO ISLAND DEC 6TH,’ was also included in the email sets. It’s unclear to which island the invite refers.
Musk has been approached for comment.
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