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Elon Musk Confirms Grok Bot Usage Limits Cut Over Unsustainable Costs
Musk says Grok Bot usage limits were cut because serving the chatbot cost too much relative to revenue.
Key points
- Some Grok Bot users reported on X that their usage jumped from as low as 50% to 100%.
- Musk said in an X post on Sunday that the cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue.
- SpaceX said in a filing last month that AI now makes up 52% of company income.
Why it matters. Musk has not yet shared how subscribers' usage limits will be impacted moving forward, so future access for users may change.
Over the Halloween weekend, some Grok Bot users found their weekly usage limits unexpectedly maxed out, with some reporting on X that their usage jumped from as low as 50% to 100%. SpaceX CEO Musk said in an X post on Sunday that this was not a glitch, writing in a reply to a user that serving the bot cost too much relative to revenue.
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Elon Musk Confirms Grok Bot Usage Limits Cut Over Unsustainable Costs
Some Grok Bot users found their weekly usage limits unexpectedly maxed out over the Halloween weekend. Users reported on X that their usage jumped from as low as 50% to 100%, even without active use overnight. SpaceX chief executive 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, which led to the throttling. Musk had earlier described the product's growth as the fastest he had ever seen. The change affects the usage allowances that subscribers rely on for the service.