Elon Musk’s latest venture has sparked both excitement and concern in the healthcare community. ai chatbot, grokis being promoted as tool For Treatment Analysis. The founder of X (formerly Twitter) is now encouraging people to use Grok AI to analyze medical scans and get a second opinion.
Elon Musk is pushing to use Grok as a medical diagnostic tool, encouraging users to upload their medical scans for analysis.
Musk has put his weight behind the Grok 4.20, reposting A post on X praising the analytical capabilities of AI chatbots. The post highlighted the ability of Grok 4.20 to analyze blood tests and medical scans.
original post Grok 4.20 is called “extremely good and quick” at analyzing blood tests by DogeDesigner. The post states that users can upload lab reports or MRI images for detailed analysis. Musk’s update has garnered massive attention, garnering over 4 million views within an hour.
However, this is not the first time that Elon Musk has promoted Grok, his AI chatbot for medical analysis. In October 2024, he urged people to upload their medical scans to Grok, claiming that it was “already accurate enough”. Additionally, in January 2026, a resurfaced video showed Elon Musk claiming that he had “seen cases where it’s actually better than what the doctors said.”
However, experts are raising concerns about accuracy and data security. Dr. Laura Heacock, a breast radiologist, tested Grok with breast mammograms, ultrasound and MRI and found that while its performance was lacking, none of the diagnoses were correct. Meanwhile, Vanderbilt University’s Bradley Malin highlighted that uploading medical scans to social platforms could expose sensitive health information.
Doctors testing Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reported some concerning errors. In one case, it missed the diagnosis of tuberculosis, in another, it mistook a broken clavicle for a shoulder injury. Grok AI misinterpreted a benign mammogram image in another example. These mistakes have raised questions about Grok’s reliability for medical diagnosis.
Originally reported by Sibani Gogoi Mandatory