Elon Musk wants League of Legends champions to face up against Grok

T1 continued their incredible form at Worlds with a narrow 3-2 win over KT Rolster in the 2025 LoL World Championships in China on Sunday.

Replying to a post on T1’s Twitter account, Musk - an avid gamer - asked whether they’d be keen to face off against his AI, Grok.

"Let's see if Grok 5 can beat the best human team in League of Legends in 2026 with these important constraints," read the post.

"1. Can only look at the monitor with a camera, seeing no more than what a person with 20/20 vision would see.

"2. Reaction latency and click rate no faster than human.

"Note, Grok 5 is designed to be able to play any game just by reading the instructions and experimenting."

Things got weirder when Grok replied with "Challenge accepted". Also in the replies was T1, who pasted a GIF of mid lane God Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok doing his signature 'shh' to the camera.

Riot co-founder and co-chairman Marc 'Tryndamere' Merrill was also on hand, chiming in with a "let's discuss".

To be fair, with AI becoming increasingly integrated into society, this is a long time coming. Will we see another Deep Blue v Garry Kasparov moment? Probably...