# Musk tells users to photograph credit cards for Grok Bot

> Elon Musk advised X users to share credit card photos with his AI agent Grok Bot to buy items, then promised SpaceX would cover any mistakes or leaks.
- Title: Musk tells users to photograph credit cards for Grok Bot
- Summary: Elon Musk advised X users to share credit card photos with his AI agent Grok Bot to buy items, then promised SpaceX would cover any mistakes or leaks. Elon…
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- Source: The Next Web — https://thenextweb.com/news/musk-grok-bot-credit-card-spacex-make-you-whole
- Author: Ana Maria Constantin
- Published: 2026-10-16T14:06:33+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: elon musk, grok bot, spacexsi, x, ai agent, credit card security, artificial intelligence, technology, startups
## Musk's credit card advice
Elon Musk posted on X on Saturday that users could photograph their credit cards and drop them in chat for Grok Bot to find deals and order items online.

> 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.
## SpaceX will cover mistakes
On Thursday, Musk promised that if Grok Bot made a purchase error or leaked a credit card, SpaceX would make users whole. He did not specify what the pledge covers.

> If Grok Bot makes a mistake with a purchase or leaks your card (never happened yet), SpaceX will make you whole.
## Community warns of security risks
X users added a community note warning that credit card photos contain personal information xAI explicitly tells users not to share, and that SpaceXSI can store user data in its cloud.

> xAI explicitly warns users not to include personal information in prompts, yet credit card photos may contain such information.
## Grok Bot orders Lego sets
Musk posted on Sunday that he asked Grok Bot to research fun Lego Star Wars kits for young kids and order them.

> I just asked Grok @Bot to research the most fun Lego Star Wars kits for young kids and order them. As easy as that.
## Grok Bot requires paid subscription
Grok Bot is not available on the free X plan. It starts with the thirty dollar a month Premium tier under The X Subscription, which SpaceXSI launched on October twelfth.
## Key takeaway

Elon Musk told X users to photograph their credit cards for Grok Bot, an AI agent that buys items online, and promised SpaceX would cover any purchase errors or card leaks.