{"id":910593,"date":"2026-11-08T22:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T22:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/910593\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T22:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T22:10:18","slug":"elon-musks-grok-ai-chatbot-roasts-him-following-massive-midterms-spending-on-weekend-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/910593\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s Grok AI Chatbot Roasts Him Following Massive Midterms Spending On &#8216;Weekend Update&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Elon Musk\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/elon-musk\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> had quite a midterms week, culminating in comic Jeremy Culhane debuting a brutal impression of the billionaire on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/saturday-night-live\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Saturday Night Live\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/saturday-night-live\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Saturday Night Live<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/elon-musk-election-spending-texas-waste_n_6aeb53fde4b0f78622d80714\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"spent hundreds of millions of dollars\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"6aeb53fde4b0f78622d80714\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">spent hundreds of millions of dollars<\/a> on mostly failed GOP candidates, watched as shares <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=38395X987171&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2026%2F11%2F05%2Ftesla-spacex-stocks-fall-after-2026-midterms.html\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"in his businesses dropped\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=38395X987171&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2026%2F11%2F05%2Ftesla-spacex-stocks-fall-after-2026-midterms.html\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in his businesses dropped<\/a> and announced plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/cybertrucks-production-stopping-texas-plant_n_6aedfb32e4b037ca1033a95b\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"wind down production\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"6aedfb32e4b037ca1033a95b\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wind down production<\/a> of his CyberTrucks as a result of low sales.<\/p>\n<p>Culhane \u2014 a featured player known for his impressions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/tucker-carlson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> and Vice President JD Vance \u2014 dropped by the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/weekend-update\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Weekend Update\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/weekend-update\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Weekend Update<\/a>\u201d desk as the billionaire and responded to host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/colin-jost\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Colin Jost\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/colin-jost\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colin Jost<\/a> noting that \u201calmost all the candidates\u201d he backed lost on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHahahaha!\u201d said Culhane\u2019s Musk with a forced laugh. \u201cNice, that was like an epic roast of me. Most vulgar. That\u2019s what I call an epic, vulgar roast!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Culhane tried to brush off his not-so-sweet week with a dose of awkward humor, Jost cut straight to the chase, remarking that the billionaire moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Texas\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/texas\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas<\/a> because he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/elon-musk-2026-spending-texas_n_6ae22a1ce4b0a2cccd4493ef\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"\u201cdidn\u2019t want to pay taxes\u201d\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"6ae22a1ce4b0a2cccd4493ef\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cdidn\u2019t want to pay taxes\u201d<\/a> and built his own town there only for it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/11\/05\/texas-democrats-election-statewide-blue-wave\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"to now be run by Democrats\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/11\/05\/texas-democrats-election-statewide-blue-wave\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to now be run by Democrats<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo now you\u2019re going to have to pay taxes,\u201d Jost said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig time, yeah,\u201d Culhane replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo how does that make you feel?\u201d Jost asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBad,\u201d Culhane answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess that\u2019s what I thought, I mean, I would feel bad, too,\u201d Jost said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHahahaha! Ouchy, wouchy!\u201d said Culhane, delighting over the joke from his \u201cpoorest friend\u201d in Jost.<\/p>\n<p>He then revealed that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/grok\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Grok\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6af05933e4b0d2d11fa4080f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/grok\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grok<\/a> AI chatbot is equipped to make \u201cepic, vulgar\u201d roasts \u2014 and he asked the tool to make him the target.<\/p>\n<p>And it certainly delivered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon Musk,\u201d began an artificial-sounding voice. \u201cYou\u2019re the worst thing South Africa has ever done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the rest of the roast of Musk, which ultimately led Culhane to declare, \u201cShut it down, Grok! Shut it down!\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elon Musk had quite a midterms week, culminating in comic Jeremy Culhane debuting a brutal impression of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[164749,182,181,507,4111,11,74,1022,40239],"class_list":["post-910593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-2026-elections","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-colin-jost","tag-elon-musk","tag-technology","tag-texas","tag-weekend-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}