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February 20, 2026
Great news for xAI: Grok is now pretty good at answering questions about Baldur’s Gate
A new report from Business Insider reveals that high-level engineers at xAI were pulled off other projects to make sure Grok could answer detailed questions about the video game "Baldur's Gate."
TL;DR
- xAI reportedly prioritized improving Grok's ability to answer questions about the video game "Baldur's Gate."
- High-level engineers were reassigned to enhance Grok's responses for the game.
- A new benchmark, BaldurBench, was created to compare Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini on "Baldur's Gate" questions.
- Grok provided dense but informed answers, using gamer jargon.
- ChatGPT favored bulleted lists, while Gemini used bolding.
- Claude was notably cautious, concerned about providing spoilers and encouraging players to have fun.
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