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# Musk: 'just take a picture of your credit card, drop it in the chat' and Grok Bot will find the best deal and order it

Elon Musk (@elonmusk), X, 2026-10-10.
Source: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109027407185277123

## Why it matters

~5.8M-view pitch for agentic shopping that set off a security backlash over sharing card photos with a chatbot.

## Summary

Posted Oct 10, 2026 (21:04 UTC). Musk said users can photograph a credit card, drop it in the chat, and Grok Bot will search the internet
for the best deal and order the item. Four minutes later, replying to a user, he said he had just ordered LEGO and "Grok bought it from the
LEGO website"; on Oct 11 he posted that he asked Grok Bot to research and order Lego Star Wars kits (~1.9M views). Checked via
api.fxtwitter.com on Oct 11: ~5.83M views, ~30.6k likes. Coverage (Runtime Wire, TeslaNorth, NDTV) stressed the security questions; Grok
Bot's official purchase flow (Aug 28) uses Stripe Link single-use cards with per-charge approval.

## Archived text

> > To buy stuff, you can just take a picture of your credit card, drop it in the chat and Grok @Bot will scour the Internet for the best deal on the item you want and order it
>
> **Community Note:** xAI explicitly warns users not to include personal information in prompts, yet credit card photos may contain such information.
>
> Grok Bot's terms state that user data and credentials may be stored in its cloud environment and require human review for financial transactions.
>
> x.ai/legal/privacy-…
>
> x.ai/legal/grok-bot…

Archived 2026-10-11 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 5,879,889 views, 30,688 likes, 2,570 reposts, 7,368 replies (at fetch time)

## Cited in

- 2026-08-11: [SpaceXAI launches Grok Bot, always-on agent 'teammates' with their own cloud computers](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-08-11-spacexai-grok-bot/)