Elon Musk’s xAI is reported to have failed to pay employees $420 promised in exchange for sharing their U.S. tax returns to train its Grok chatbot. Multiple outlets say xAI asked staff earlier this year to submit their personal tax documents as training data, offering the payment as an incentive. Bloomberg reports the company made the request with a deadline tied to the U.S. tax filing period and that, about two months later, the promised payments have still not been delivered. Engadget similarly describes the $420 offer and the ongoing nonpayment. India Today and The Next Web also report the same core details: xAI sought employees’ tax information to support Grok’s training efforts and offered $420, but the payment has not been received after the passage of time following the request. Across the coverage, the central points are the solicitation of employees’ tax returns for Grok training, the specific $420 compensation figure, and the claim that the compensation remains unpaid.