Tesla’s Cybertruck lead engineer, Wes Morrill, took to social media to express his disappointment with Grok’s AI-generated images of the stainless steel electric truck. Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot developed by xAI as a rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is integrated into the billionaire’s social media platform, X. Morrill highlighted the irony that despite the abundance of Cybertruck images available on X, Grok seemingly struggled to accurately depict the vehicle’s unique design.
While Grok managed to capture the Cybertruck’s overall aesthetic, its images failed to accurately portray the truck’s signature angular features. Instead, Grok presented a range of alternative designs, including depictions of the Cybertruck as a roadster or a sports car. Morrill concluded that none of the generated images “quite hit the mark.”
This incident underscores the ongoing challenge of AI in accurately representing complex objects, even when trained on extensive datasets. While Grok demonstrates impressive capabilities in other areas, its failure to accurately depict the Cybertruck highlights the need for continued advancements in AI technology, particularly in the realm of image generation.
