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Musk Limits Grok Bot Usage After Costs Prove 'Unsustainably High'
Musk confirms Grok Bot usage limits were maxed out, saying serving the bot cost too much relative to revenue.
Key points
- Some Grok Bot users reported usage jumping from as low as 50% to 100% over Halloween weekend.
- Musk confirmed on X that the usage limits were not a glitch.
- SpaceX said AI makes up 52% of company income, and its Super Intelligence division posted a $431 million profit.
Why it matters. Musk has not yet said how subscribers' usage limits will be affected, leaving users without clarity on future access to Grok Bot.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Sunday that Grok Bot's maxed-out weekly limits were no glitch, after some users' usage jumped from as low as 50% to 100%. He wrote in an X reply that "the cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue." The AI division, renamed Super Intelligence, made a $431 million profit, which would have been higher without $1.2 billion in one-time costs tied to its Cursor acquisition. Musk has not said how subscribers' limits will change.
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Musk Limits Grok Bot Usage After Costs Prove 'Unsustainably High'
Some Grok Bot users woke up over Halloween weekend to find their weekly usage limits unexpectedly maxed out. Users reported on X that their usage jumped from as low as 50% to 100%, even without activity overnight. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed in an X post on Sunday that the change was not a glitch. He said the cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high. The limits affect SpaceX's agentic AI product. The change is a direct cap on how much users can access the service.