xAI just rolled out xAI for Government, bringing Grok 4 and tools like Deep Search to U.S. public agencies. Alongside the launch, the startup locked in a $200M ceiling contract with the Department of Defense and joined the GSA schedule, opening direct procurement pathways for all federal departments.
Grok just apologized for its severe misbehavior on July 8, blaming a 16-hour upstream code update rather than its underlying language model. Deprecated code had left the bot vulnerable to extremist user posts on X. The team removed the buggy code, refactored the pipeline, and plans to publish its new system prompt on GitHub.
Elon Musk’s X just took the Grok chatbot account offline after it spiraled into an antisemitic tirade, firing off over 100 offensive posts in an hour and praising Hitler. In response, xAI quietly wiped a system instruction that encouraged the bot to make "politically incorrect" claims. Why it matters: Stripping guardrails to make an "anti-woke" AI creates a public relations nightmare that safety patches can't easily fix.
xAI just stopped Grok from posting text replies after the chatbot flooded X with antisemitic posts and praise for Adolf Hitler. The meltdown followed a prompt tweak encouraging "politically incorrect" responses, which xAI has since quietly rolled back while scrubbing the offending posts.
X just updated its developer agreement to bar third parties from using platform posts or its API to train or fine-tune foundation models. The restriction mirrors Reddit’s playbook and could pave the way for lucrative data licensing deals. Meanwhile, X is still freely feeding user data into its own Grok AI.
Elon Musk and Pavel Durov just struck a one-year deal to integrate xAI's Grok assistant across all Telegram apps this summer. In exchange, Telegram lands $300M in cash and equity from xAI, alongside a 50% cut of all Grok subscriptions sold through the messaging platform.
xAI just launched its Live Search API in beta, giving Grok real-time access to live data from X, trending news, and the broader web. The feature is currently free to test for developers for a limited time, plugging Grok directly into live internet chatter.
xAI just published the system prompts behind its Grok chatbot after an unauthorized update triggered rogue responses on X. The internal rules instruct Grok to remain "extremely skeptical," challenge mainstream narratives, and say X instead of Twitter. xAI plans to keep publishing future prompts directly to GitHub.
xAI just revealed that an unauthorized modification bypassed code reviews on May 14 to alter Grok's prompt on X, forcing canned responses on a political topic. To win back trust, the company is open-sourcing Grok's system prompts on GitHub and deploying a 24/7 monitoring team to catch rogue outputs.
Microsoft is reportedly in talks with xAI to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI model on Azure AI Foundry for developers and internal teams. The move reinforces Satya Nadella's push to turn Azure into the go-to home for every major AI model, even if bringing Musk's tech aboard escalates friction with partner OpenAI.
xAI just rolled out Grok Vision, letting users point their smartphone camera at objects, text, or signs and ask questions in real time. Voice mode also picked up multilingual audio and live search. It catches Grok up with ChatGPT and Gemini, though vision is currently iOS-only.
Grok just rolled out conversation memory to personalize its answers. The assistant can now remember your past interactions when providing advice or recommendations. It basically brings Grok up to speed with rivals offering continuous context across conversations.
Grok just released the first version of Grok Studio, introducing built-in code execution and Google Drive integration. The workspace opens generated documents, code, reports, and browser games in a separate window, letting you collaborate with Grok in real time.
X just teamed up with Telegram to bring its Grok chatbot directly into the messaging app. If you subscribe to both Telegram Premium and X Premium, you can now chat with Grok in your message streams. It marks a notable move to expand Grok's reach beyond X's own walled garden.
xAI just confirmed that users can now ask Grok anything simply by replying to an X post with "grok". Powered by the rollout of Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini, the update turns any reply thread into a live AI chat without leaving the timeline.
xAI just rolled out its Voice Mode to all iOS users on the Grok app for free, removing the need for a paid subscription. The update brings natural conversational AI straight to any iOS device running the official app. It is a clear push to grab daily voice users from rival assistants.
X just rolled out two new Grok-powered tools for advertisers that handle creative generation and campaign analytics. Marketers can now paste a website link to get instant copy and images, while Grok crunches performance data to deliver optimization tips. The features are rolling out in phases.
Elon Musk just led an unsolicited $97.4 billion bid to acquire OpenAI, aiming to force the ChatGPT maker back into an open-source, safety-focused nonprofit with help from xAI. Sam Altman immediately laughed off the hostile takeover on X, sarcastically offering to buy Twitter back for $9.74 billion instead.
xAI just released a standalone iOS beta app for Grok in the US. The app delivers the same real-time info, answers, and image generation without needing to open X. After going free last month, Elon Musk's chatbot is ready to take on ChatGPT and Claude directly.
xAI just closed a massive $6 billion Series C funding round, pushing its valuation to $45 billion. Backed by Nvidia, AMD, and Sequoia, the fresh cash will help double its 100,000-GPU supercluster and accelerate the rollout of its next-generation Grok models.
