
In a quiet but eye-catching update, X (formerly Twitter) has officially ditched Google Translate in favor of Grok, Elon Musk’s in-house AI chatbot, for translating foreign language posts — at least on the web version. Grok, the snarky and sometimes spicy AI that’s been making headlines under Musk’s xAI initiative, is now doing double duty as your language buddy on X.
Just under the text where we’d usually see “Translated by Google,” it now reads: “Translated by Grok”, with a handy link inviting you to “Show original.” Interestingly, this wasn’t among the many features that X users requested the company to bring to Grok earlier this month. But hey, we ain’t complaining.

While the shift might seem subtle, it’s another major marker in Musk’s ongoing mission to weave Grok into every corner of the X ecosystem. From answering questions to translating tweets, Grok is slowly positioning itself as the all-in-one brain for the app once known for 280-character thoughts and flying memes. This move also comes on the heels of XChat, Elon Musk’s Facebook Messenger clone.
The real question is: Will Grok handle nuanced translations as smoothly as Google Translate did? Or will it inject a bit too much… personality into what was supposed to be a simple football chant, for instance?
For now, it seems Musk is betting on homegrown AI to power more of X’s everyday features. Whether that translates (pun intended) to a better experience remains to be seen. But if you’re a regular on X’s global side of the timeline, be prepared — your translations just got a bit more Grok’d.
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