Taylor Swift turns ‘third grade patrakaar’ thanks to Grok’s gobar glitch on X!

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok hilariously misidentified Taylor Swift as a “third grade patrakaar” in response to a political post, sparking laughter and highlighting the quirks of large language models

Hyderabad: Is Taylor Swift, world’s richest female musician, a “third grade patrakar”?

If one were to go by Grok’, the AI chatbot of Elon Musk’s X, Taylor Swift is indeed a “third grade” journalist.

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This hilarious observation was triggered after the Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi vent her ire against an unnamed scribe in her post on X. She launched a verbal diatribe against the unnamed journalist accusing him of ‘spreading gobar lies’ at the behest of corporate clients.

In her post on X, she wrote: “A third grade patrakaar who loves calling everyone a godi patrakaar but continues agenda for corporate clients is back to spreading gobar lies about me. Pathetic person tried earlier too now has begun again at whose behest we all know. Lagey raho, hopefully the client will throw a few crumbs at you like you must have thrown at trolls like the jailbird. Aukaat hi wahi hai… bikau.”

A third grade patrakaar who loves calling everyone a godi patrakaar but continues agenda for corporate clients is back to spreading gobar lies about me. Pathetic person tried earlier too now has begun again at whose behest we all know. Lagey raho, hopefully the client will throw…

— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) April 15, 2025

The fun over her post began subsequently when one of the X users Shivanand Chavhan posed an innocuous question to Grok, the AI assistant. “Grok. Who is that person”. This seemingly simple question elicited a completely off-tangent reply from the AI assistant.

Grok replied: “It’s likely that “that person” refers to Taylor Swift, a globally famous singer. She has 278 million Instagram followers and sold over 200 million records. Her Eras Tour and album *The Tortured Poets Department* keep her in the spotlight. Named 2024’s second most Googled person, she’s the world’s richest female musician. Her relationship with Travis Kelce and feuds, like with Kanye West, add to her fame.”

It’s likely that “that person” refers to Taylor Swift, a globally famous singer. She has 278 million Instagram followers and sold over 200 million records. Her Eras Tour and album *The Tortured Poets Department* keep her in the spotlight. Named 2024’s second most Googled person,…

— Grok (@grok) April 15, 2025

The distinctly unconnected reply to the question led to a flurry of emojis and comments from other X handles. An amused Chavhan told Grok “tu pagal hai sach me”.

Grok has been engaging the attention of X users with its witty replies often using the local slang depending the questions. But this completely bizarre reply led to a rather comical situation once again reminding the AI enthusiasts about the limits of the Large Language Models (LLM) on which AI programmes are run.