Platform guide
Grok makes mistakes: what to check after an answer
A Grok answer can be useful, polished, and still contain a decisive error.
What Makes Mistakes changes on Grok
Because the supported Grok web layout has no matching persistent disclaimer to rewrite, Makes Mistakes adds ‘Grok makes mistakes. Check important info.’ after an assistant answer exists and supplies the same follow-up button.
The content script is limited to the supported grok.com page and targets interface elements rather than globally replacing words in your conversation.
What the Grok warning means
X's official Grok help warns that Grok may confidently provide factually incorrect information, mis-summarize, or miss context, and encourages independent verification.
The warning should change how you use the response, not force you to reject it. Check the claims whose failure would change a decision, and use evidence appropriate to the consequence.
A Grok-specific review loop
- 01
Identify
Distinguish claims about live events from commentary, humor, or interpretation.
- 02
Challenge
Ask for publication dates, event dates, primary sources, and missing context.
- 03
Verify
Open the original posts, statements, records, or reporting rather than relying on a generated summary.
- 04
Record
Mark disputed or fast-moving claims as unresolved until corroborated.
What the extension cannot promise
- It does not change the Grok model or provider safety system.
- It does not automatically send the follow-up prompt.
- It does not open sources, inspect citations, or score factuality.
- It does not guarantee that a revised answer is correct.
Sources and further reading
Product details and guidance were checked against these first-party pages on July 29, 2026. Re-check current listings before making an install or high-stakes decision.
- About Grok
X Help Center
Official guidance that Grok may provide incorrect or incomplete information and should be independently checked.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Can Grok be confidently wrong?
Yes. Fluent and confident language is not evidence. Verify important specific claims against reliable current sources.
Does Makes Mistakes fact-check Grok?
No. It makes the disclaimer more direct and inserts a re-check prompt after an answer. The source verification remains a separate step.
Does the extension send my Grok chat anywhere?
No. The extension has no analytics, telemetry, account, or remote endpoint for conversation processing.