Copy on iOS garbles Chinese and other non-English text

• Status: Open. Staff confirmed it at 3:14 AM ET on Oct 11 and said "A fix is ready and will be included in one of the next app updates." No date.
• First seen: A forum report posted at 9:53 PM ET on Oct 10, on the App Store version installed that day.
• Symptoms: Copying a Bot message with Chinese text in the Grok Bot iPhone app pastes as accented Latin characters. The user's example: 「国际 AI 动态简报」 pasted as 国际 AI 动æ€ç®€æŠ¥. English text survives.
• Workaround: Select the text yourself and use the iOS system Copy.

Grok Bot for iOS corrupts non-English text when you copy a message. "This is a known issue with the Copy action in the current version of Grok Bot for iOS," staff member deanrie said. The fix should cover "Chinese and any other non-English text."

The user who reported it found it happens with both formatted and plain-text messages, and that copying Chinese from other apps on the same iPhone works.

Why it matters#

If you pass Bot output to people in another language, a pasted reply can be unreadable. The reporter said it blocks sharing with people on WeChat, their main use.

How to use it#

Staff's workaround:

1. Long-press the message and choose Select Text.
2. Drag the handles, or use Select All.
3. Tap Copy in the small iOS menu just above the selection.
4. Paste into Notes, WeChat or anywhere else.

Good to know#

• Don't use the Copy button at the top of the screen. Staff said "It gives the same broken result."
• If text still pastes broken, staff asked for the version from Grok Bot Settings > About.
• The bug is in the app's Copy, not the app you paste into. The reporter saw it in Apple Notes too.
• We couldn't test it: we don't run the iPhone app.