Elon Musk says 'unsustainably high' costs are the reason for Grok Bot usage limits
Source: Business Insider ·
The SpaceX CEO said the cost of serving the AI agent was "unsustainably high relative to revenue," after some users complained about usage limits.
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SpaceX said last month that Grok Bot now has over 800,000 paid weekly users.Illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty ImagesElon Musk said that the cost of providing SpaceX's Grok Bot was "unsustainably high."Musk was responding to users complaining that they'd maxed out their usage limits for the AI agent.Agents like Grok Bot and Muse are Silicon Valley's next big thing, but they're still burning through cash.Elon Musk says an age of AI abundance is coming. For now, that doesn't include unlimited Grok Bot.The SpaceX CEO wrote on X on Sunday that the cost of serving the company's AI agent was "unsustainably high relative to revenue," after some users complained that their weekly allowances were running out faster than usual.SpaceX launched Grok Bot, an AI agent that uses a virtual computer to perform tasks on behalf of humans, like shopping, in August. It's available in a series of tiers ranging from free to $200 a month.All of those tiers come with varying usage limits that refresh weekly, a…
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