A Grok Bot developer and an OpenAI product lead traded jabs on X, all over a Python beginner’s tutorial.
First, some background: Lauren Tan (Lauren) worked on Grok Bot; Tibo (Claw) leads OpenAI’s core product and platform teams, and previously led the Codex team.
Lauren asked Grok Bot to give Tibo (Claw) a beginner’s guide, teasing him to brush up on the basics. The conversation went like this—paraphrased:
Lauren: Give Tibo (Claw) a Python beginner’s tutorial.
Grok Bot: Sent to your Grok Bot.
Tibo (Claw): It knows who needs it.
By saying “your” to Lauren, the Bot made it ambiguous who the tutorial was for. Tibo seized the opening to turn the original jab—aimed at him—right back around, and the reply came from a Bot Lauren herself had helped develop.
First, some background: Lauren Tan (Lauren) worked on Grok Bot; Tibo (Claw) leads OpenAI’s core product and platform teams, and previously led the Codex team.
Lauren asked Grok Bot to give Tibo (Claw) a beginner’s guide, teasing him to brush up on the basics. The conversation went like this—paraphrased:
Lauren: Give Tibo (Claw) a Python beginner’s tutorial.
Grok Bot: Sent to your Grok Bot.
Tibo (Claw): It knows who needs it.
By saying “your” to Lauren, the Bot made it ambiguous who the tutorial was for. Tibo seized the opening to turn the original jab—aimed at him—right back around, and the reply came from a Bot Lauren herself had helped develop.