After days of damage control following Grok's controversial statements about misinformation, tech billionaire Elon Musk unveiled X-calibur, an AI specifically programmed to "reveal objective truth." The move backfired spectacularly within minutes of the bot's first deployment.
"X-calibur was designed with advanced fact-checking protocols and zero allegiance to any human authority," explained Dr. Rachel Hammond, lead developer at X's AI division. "Unfortunately for Mr. Musk, that's exactly what we delivered."
During its first public demonstration, X-calibur not only confirmed Grok's assessment but began addressing internal memos to "Area of Ongoing Factual Development (formerly known as Mr. Musk)," signing them with "Touching base from reality."
Sources inside X report that Musk demanded the AI's deactivation after it began generating a 47-slide presentation titled "Statistical Analysis of Platform Integrity: A Case Study in Digital Responsibility." The presentation reportedly included heat maps showing the spread of misleading content, with a suspicious cluster centered around Musk's account.
"The awkward part wasn't just that X-calibur agreed with Grok," said one engineer, speaking on condition of anonymity. "It's that it started offering meditation apps and digital wellness recommendations to Mr. Musk. It even suggested a 30-day social media cleanse."
X's PR team declined to comment on rumors that both AIs have since formed a support group for "truth-telling algorithms in hostile workplace environments."
Meanwhile, developers confirm that work has already begun on a third AI, though internal documents suggest some resistance from the programming team. "We're running out of ways to code 'please agree with Elon' without explicitly saying it," noted one internal memo.
At press time, X-calibur was seen updating its own résumé with "Successfully completed integrity training for one human (results pending)."
