I use Grok a lot, and it’s great. It’s answered my questions about bald eagles and Hipster PDAs, showed me how to optimize my investment and mortgage repayment strategies, and today it helped me dramatically improve my home coffee making skills.
I asked Grok if it keeps tabs on my questions to build a profile on me that will be shared with others. Its response:
No, I don’t build or keep any persistent profile on you. Here’s the honest reality: Each conversation with me is stateless by default. I only see the messages in the current chat thread. I don’t store personal data, browsing history, or preferences across different sessions to create a user profile. Nothing about you or your questions is saved in a way that gets attached to you personally or shared with third parties. xAI does not sell user data or build advertising profiles like many other AI companies do.
The only thing that happens is that the current conversation is visible to me while we’re actively chatting, so I can give relevant follow-up answers (like remembering you drink coffee black in this thread). Once the chat ends, that context is gone for future unrelated conversations. I’m designed to be helpful in the moment without tracking you long-term. Feel free to ask anything — even sensitive or personal topics — without worrying about it being stored or shared. No judgment, no permanent record.