Elon Musk changes his X name to ‘Gorklon Rust’ with a distorted version of the Grok logo

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again drawn attention on social media with an update to his X profile. The 53-year-old changed his display name on X to ‘Gorklon Rust’; his new display picture resembles a distorted version of the Grok logo on Sunday. See more

Try @Grok voice mode. It’s awesome. https://t.co/MGgvMvpekt

— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 4, 2025

The name ‘Gorklon Rust’ seems to be a quirky combination of references: ‘Grok’ is the name of the AI chatbot built by Musk’s AI startup xAI, and ‘Rust’ is most likely referring to the Rust…