A Grok update was apparently delayed because Elon Musk wanted it to be better at answering questions about Baldur's Gate

A Grok update was apparently delayed because Elon Musk wanted it to be better at answering questions about Baldur’s Gate | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Platforms Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in ‘AI slop’ code contributions: ‘I don’t know how long we can keep it up’ Gaming Industry Doom co-creator John Romero adores Ghost Recon and has over 3,000 hours in World of Warcraft: ‘God, I lived in that game every day for five years’ AI Unity boss who once called out the ‘idiocy’ of the metaverse now says his company’s new AI tech ‘will enable developers to prompt full casual games into existence with natural language only’ Board Game Blood Bowl creator Jervis Johnson agrees with Games Workshop’s AI ban, says ‘it allows you to be a bit lazy and not put in the effort’ AI A human software engineer rejected an AI agent’s code change request, only for the AI agent to retaliate by publishing an ‘angry’ blog about him Sim Understandable AI paranoia has inspired a developer to change the handcrafted character art in its upcoming sim: ‘They look a bit AI’ AI This space MMO was coded by AI, is played by AI, and all us meatbags can do is watch them AI Judging by the GPT-4o situation, game developers will have a big problem if they get serious about AI chatbot NPCs Strategy ‘We’re going to make some horrendous mistakes,’ Peter Molyneux says about his upcoming swan song Masters of Albion: ‘Horrendous, horrendous mistakes’ FPS Laid-off Highguard developer cuts loose on the reaction to the infamous Game Awards reveal trailer: ‘We were turned into a joke from minute one’ Gaming Industry Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: ‘I’d rather quit the industry than use generative AI’ Gaming Industry Nightdive Studios’ Stephen Kick has 8,544 hours in Dota 2, and just clocked his 5,000th win: ‘I think it’s made me a better leader’ FPS Geoff Keighley shouldn’t be blamed for Highguard’s failure, Larian publishing boss says: ‘There are genuine villains in this industry but I just don’t see them here’ AI Moltbook is like Reddit but only AI agents are allowed—though after spending hours trawling through threads, it looks more like a huge, unhinged roleplay server to me AI Google’s new AI ‘world model’ has seemingly spooked videogame investors, but it’s hard to know what it will actually lead to PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Software AI A Grok update was apparently delayed because Elon Musk wanted it to be better at answering questions about Baldur’s Gate News By Jody Macgregor published 23 February 2026 He wants it to be able to play League of Legends as well. 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According to an investigation by Business Insider into what’s been going on at xAI since Elon Musk stopped being the de facto leader of the Department of Government Efficiency and started micromanaging the chatbot, that’s been one of Musk’s top priorities.Business Insider’s sources say that “a model release was delayed for several days because Musk was dissatisfied with how the chatbot answered detailed questions about the video game ‘Baldur’s Gate,’ according to people familiar with the matter.”I assume they mean Baldur’s Gate 3, unless Musk really did prioritize teaching Grok where to find the Ring of the Princes +1 on the Coast Way. 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