Musk on October 12 introduces Grok shopping via credit-card photo, mocked publicly by OpenAI executive Tibo
Musk on October 12 promoted a Grok shopping flow that lets users photograph a credit card and have Grok search and place orders; OpenAI executive Tibo publicly mocked the security risk with a fabricated card photo, while Amazon and other retailers have begun blocking Grok's automated access.
Elon Musk publicly introduced Grok's new shopping feature on October 12 on X: a user photographs a credit card, sends the image to Grok, and Grok searches the web for the lowest price and places the order. Musk said he had just used the feature to successfully buy a LEGO set from the LEGO website. The security risk was immediately seized on by a competitor. OpenAI executive Tibo responded on the same platform with a fabricated credit-card photo, mocking the privacy and security implications of handing payment credentials directly to an AI. The rollout is already hitting friction: Amazon and other major retailers have begun using technical measures to block Grok's automated access, and Musk said Grok would find alternative paths to complete purchases. The exchange highlights the escalating competition between AI companies deploying agent features and the unresolved questions around payment security and platform-level resistance.