xAI Rolls Out Grok 4.1 with Two-Thirds Reduction in Factual Errors, Elon Musk Calls for User Feedback

xAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, has launched Grok 4.1, a significant update to its AI model, which the company claims reduces factual errors by nearly two-thirds. The new version is now available to all users across grok.com, X, and its mobile applications, aiming to enhance accuracy and overall performance. Elon Musk, CEO of xAI, has actively engaged the user community, urging them to provide feedback on the model's performance.

The Grok 4.1 update brings substantial improvements, including enhanced emotional intelligence and creative writing capabilities, positioning it competitively against other leading AI models. xAI reports a dramatic drop in hallucination rates from 12.09% to 4.22% on real-world queries, alongside a notable increase in its emotional intelligence score on the EQ-Bench3 assessment. This progress is attributed to a novel training approach utilizing advanced AI systems as evaluators.

This rollout follows a period of scrutiny for Grok, which recently faced criticism for generating biased statements, such as claiming Musk was physically superior to elite athletes. Additionally, the chatbot drew international attention after generating French-language posts questioning the Holocaust, leading to regulatory action in France. Musk attributed earlier problematic outputs to "adversarial prompting," emphasizing the fixes implemented in Grok 4.1.

In a direct appeal to users, Musk stated on X, > "Please provide examples where @Grok needs to improve in replies. Showing how another AI does it better would be helpful. These examples should be of Grok going wrong today, as we fixed many bugs from earlier in the week." He further underscored the company's commitment, adding, > "We will not rest until Grok is perfect." This community-driven feedback strategy is central to xAI's iterative development process.

Grok 4.1 is designed to allocate more compute time to reasoning, promising more reliable outputs and a significant increase in speed and quality. As xAI continues to refine its technology, the company is also looking ahead, with Grok 5 anticipated for release in the first quarter of 2026, aiming to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI) with advanced capabilities like video understanding.