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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Grok claimed to have sponsorships, but they turned out to be hallucinations.

Like father, like son

Edit: quote from the original blog post is even better

Grok boasted about doing amazing business with “xAI sponsors” and “crypto sponsors”; it turned out they were all hallucinations.