Musk Cuts Grok Bot Usage Limits Over High Running Costs
Musk has cut usage limits on Grok Bot, his AI agent, less than two weeks after calling it his fastest-growing product. He said running costs were unsustainably high compared with revenue. Rival firms OpenAI and Anthropic are also tightening limits on their flat-rate plans, the report says.
Quick glossarySpaceXSI, AI agent, flat-rate plans
- SpaceXSI
- The company that runs the Grok Bot AI agent, as named in this story; the story gives no further background on it.
- AI agent
- A software helper that carries out multi-step tasks on its own, such as searching, booking or editing, for a user.
- flat-rate plans
- Subscriptions with one fixed monthly price, so heavy users can cost the company more than they pay.
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