Users find Grok's new 'proactive' mode so annoying they just want it to shut up
intellectronica · x · 2026-10-18
Developer Rán Hasselgren complains that ever since xAI made Grok more "proactive," it became deeply annoying — he likes Grok but now just wants it to shut up. A succinct data point on the product tension where vendor-driven proactivity degrades the quiet, reliable experience users actually want.
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