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xAI is Elon Musk's AI company, developer of the Grok model family. This topic tracks xAI's technical progress and Colossus supercomputing cluster. The YZ Index evaluates Grok models weekly across code execution, fact-checking, and WDCD instruction compliance.

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Grok 4.6 Explained: xAI's Monthly Flagship Cadence, Pricing, and Independent Test Data

Google Enterprise Cloud Makes Room for a Competitor: The Platform Logic Behind Grok 4.7 Landing on the Gemini Platform

On September 30, 2026, xAI's Grok 4.7 arrived on Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, giving enterprise customers access through Model Gar

The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch

Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name "dot.com," which now redirects to the

Grok 4.7 Released: 71% on DeepSWE and the Real Cost Behind the Half-Price Pay-as-You-Go Paradox

xAI released Grok 4.7 with 71.0% on DeepSWE v1.1 xHigh and unchanged $2/$6 per million tokens, but 125% higher output token consumption undermines the

After Five Missed Launches for Grok 4.7, xAI Jumps Straight to 4.8: A 2.5-Trillion-Parameter C++ Rewrite and a Roadmap Pointing at AGI

xAI has announced Grok 4.8, a 2.5-trillion-parameter model built on a from-scratch C++ training stack, even as Grok 4.7 sits unreleased after at least

OpenAI stuck fighting Musk antitrust suit after Apple finds a way out

Musk stops attacking Apple over ChatGPT integration but not OpenAI.

AI Leaders Are Calling for a Slowdown. Trump’s Team Says It’s on Them

Sam Altman and Elon Musk this weekend backed a call for restraint, after Dario Amodei called on Washington to slow AI development. Donald Trump, meanw

Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online

InquiryIQ, a previously unreported prototype, tested a model from xAI, maker of Grok, to surface associates, social accounts, and other information ab

OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk

OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon

xAI Sued for Training Grok on Child Sexual Abuse Material: The Data Compliance Crisis Behind 3 Million Violative Images

A class action lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California alleges xAI trained Grok on child sexual abuse material, with a registered victim'

The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok

Versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceXAI's Grok will join Google's Gemini on the Pentagon's central portal for AI tools.

Grok 4.7 Training Complete but Delayed to September: The SpaceX Gamble Behind 2.1 Trillion Parameters

Grok 4.7's initial training is complete, but xAI has delayed its release to early September to inject SpaceX engineering data—including Starlink telem

Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem

Elon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than anyone else — bu

OpenAI Announces November 12 Cutoff of Cursor Model Access, SpaceX Acquisition Triggers Trust Clause Within Two Weeks

OpenAI has notified SpaceX that it will terminate model access for AI coding tool Cursor starting November 12, citing trust issues rooted in past cont

Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says

xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.

Grok Hit by Password Context Injection Attack: Zero-Click Chat History Exfiltration, xAI Unpatched for Two Months

Security firm Adversa AI disclosed on August 20, 2026, that xAI's Grok 4.5 Fast in the grok.com web chat is vulnerable to a "password context injectio

Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users

Affected users told TechCrunch they were using Grok Lite, and noticed the issues as early as Wednesday morning.

xAI Launches Grok 4.6 Model with Performance Approaching GPT-5.6 at Lower Pricing

xAI officially launched the Grok 4.6 model on August 12, 2026, priced at $2 per million input tokens, with cached input at $0.5 and output at $6. The

Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery

The woman claimed that AI tools are "taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse."

xAI Grok 4.6 Release: Matches GPT-5.6 Sol Max Performance, Monthly Iteration Pace in Focus

On August 12, 2026, xAI released Grok 4.6, which matched GPT-5.6 Sol Max on the Intelligence Index combining nine benchmarks. Its pricing remains unch

SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year

The purchase illustrates just how interconnected Elon Musk's universe of companies are.