Elon Musk admits Grok Bot is too expensive as he cuts users from accessing AI agent

Swipe for next article All News Sport Culture Lifestyle Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Elon Musk admits Grok Bot is too expensive as he cuts users from accessing AI agent How AI tools like Grok have made deepfakes more dangerous Users of Elon Musk ’s Grok Bot AI personal assistant are facing access cutoffs after rapidly exhausting their allocated usage limits. Musk confirmed that the cost of serving Grok Bot has become unsustainably high relative to the revenue generated. The tool competes with Meta ’s Muse and OpenAI ’s Dots, which all require intensive computing resources to run complex tasks. Despite incurring heavy financial losses, AI companies are currently absorbing high operational costs to gain market share. Firms are exploring long-term monetisation models to sustain these tools, including premium subscriptions and potential advertising integration. In full Elon Musk cuts users off from ‘Grok Bot’ AI assistant amid worry over cost of personal artificial intelligence More bulletins