Musk says Grok Bot limits tightened over unsustainably high serving costs
Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to ‘unsustainably high’ costs
- Who
- Elon Musk
- What
- confirmed throttling of Grok Bot usage limits Grok Bot weekly usage limits
- When
- Quote
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed in an X post on Sunday that this was not a glitch.
What happened
Elon Musk confirmed on X that Grok Bot users' weekly usage limits were maxed out over Halloween weekend, not from a glitch, writing that the cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue. Some users reported usage jumping from as low as 50% to 100%. Musk has not said how subscriber limits will change going forward.
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See the full storyGrok Bot Users Hit Weekly Limits as Musk Cites High Serving CostsThe story so far
Elon Musk said Grok Bot users reached their weekly usage limits over Halloween weekend because serving the bot cost more than its revenue, not because of a glitch. Some users reported their usage jumping from 50% to 100%. Musk has not said how subscriber limits will change. The Decoder, citing the Telegraph, reported that several users saw their quotas cut in half. Musk acknowledged the high serving costs but did not explicitly confirm a quota cut. Grok Bot shares its quota with Grok and the coding platform Cursor.
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