Grok AI Exposes Crypto Rover Instead of Picking Giveaway Winner

Grok AI refused to select a winner for Crypto Rover’s $1,000 Ethereum giveaway and instead highlighted the influencer’s alleged involvement in a 2023 pump-and-dump scheme.

Crypto Rover had promised to give $1,000 to a random commenter who comments and follows both Crypto Rover and Crypto Goos once ETH traded above $3,750. When Ethereum reached that price over the weekend, Grok was supposed to pick a winner from the comments. Instead, the AI chatbot returned information about Rover’s past conduct based on a 2023 investigation by on-chain detective ZachXBT.

A May 2023 report by ZachXBT found Rover agreed to promote a project for a $10,000 fee plus 1% of the token supply, claiming he could pump market caps from $500,000 to $10 million “easily.” According to the investigation, Rover took payment but failed to deliver the promised campaigns.

Grok presented these allegations instead of announcing a giveaway winner, catching users who had commented expecting to potentially win the prize, though the exact number of participants was not publicly disclosed.

Comment-driven giveaways are common in crypto social media, used by influencers to boost engagement and follower counts. However, transparency around winner selection and actual payouts remains limited, with few hosts providing verifiable proof of either process.

The crypto space has seen similar promotional tactics before. During the 2021 market peak, many NFT collections launched using comparable engagement strategies. Most of these projects later lost over 90% of their value, resulting in significant losses for retail buyers.

The pattern repeated across numerous projects during that period. Influencers would generate hype through social media campaigns and giveaways, often without delivering on subsequent promises or project milestones.

ZachXBT, known for exposing fraudulent schemes in crypto, had documented Rover’s alleged activities in a detailed report last year. The investigation included screenshots and communications showing the promotional offers and subsequent non-delivery.