# Musk tells Tesla staff to switch to Grok — a model he admits is worse

> Elon Musk told Tesla staff to move to using Grok, the AI model from his own xAI (now folded into SpaceX), according to a memo sent to employees on Friday.

- **Source:** [Electrek](https://electrek.co/2026/07/10/musk-tells-tesla-staff-switch-grok/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a51627dfdbdfe93eb6caf62)
- **Published:** 2026-07-10
- **Category:** Cars
- **Tags:** #google #nintendo-switch #openai #gemini #claude #anthropic #ai #tesla
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