Grok rollout broadens with Office add‑ins, film project

Timeline

1. 2 days ago

   [TECHNOLOGY] 4 sources

   xAI releases free Grok add‑on for Google Workspace

   xAI introduced a free Grok add‑on for Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, extending its AI assistant across Google Workspace after a recent Microsoft 365 rollout.

2. 4 days ago

   [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources

   SpaceXAI schedules rapid release of Grok 4.6 and 4.7 AI models

   Elon Musk says SpaceXAI will release Grok 4.6 (≈2 trillion parameters) in two weeks and Grok 4.7 (4‑6 trillion) in four weeks, with no benchmarks or pricing disclosed.

3. 5 days ago

   [TECHNOLOGY] 12 sources

   Elon Musk's xAI Grok to produce AI Odyssey film and adds Office integrations

   Elon Musk says xAI’s Grok will deliver an AI‑generated, historically accurate Odyssey film by year‑end, while the company rolls out Grok add‑ins for Excel and Google Workspace and previews larger 4.6/4.7 models

4. 9 days ago

   [TECHNOLOGY] 8 sources

   xAI's Grok 4.5 AI Model Tops Coding Benchmark

   xAI's Grok 4.5 topped the VulcanBench coding benchmark with a 91.3% score, beating Claude Fable 5 and GPT‑5 while offering lower per‑task costs, signaling a shift in AI coding leadership.

5. 12 days ago

   [TECHNOLOGY] 4 sources

   OpenAI unveils GPT‑5.6 three‑tier pricing as DeepSeek Flash claims 200× lower cost

   OpenAI's GPT‑5.6 launches with three models priced $5‑$30 per million tokens, while DeepSeek Flash offers comparable performance at about $0.14 per million, a 200‑fold saving over GPT‑4.

6. 12 days ago

   [TECHNOLOGY] 5 sources

   xAI launches Grok 4.5 coding‑focused AI model

   xAI released Grok 4.5 on July 8 2026, a coding‑focused AI trained on Cursor developer traces, offering a 500 k‑token window, 80 TPS speed, and $2/$6 per‑million‑token pricing.

7. 15 days ago

   [TECHNOLOGY] 3 sources

   SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5 model and leverages IPO stock for acquisitions

   SpaceXAI unveiled Grok 4.5, a fast, low‑cost AI model for autonomous business tasks, while its recent IPO let it use stock to fund a $60 billion acquisition of Cursor, conserving cash.

8. 17 days ago

   [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources

   OpenAI's GPT‑5.6 and rivals push AI token‑cost efficiency

   OpenAI’s GPT‑5.6, Meta’s Muse Spark 1.1, and SpaceX AI’s Grok 4.5 focus on cutting token costs as enterprises seek more affordable generative‑AI solutions.

9. 18 days ago

   [TECHNOLOGY] 7 sources

   Elon Musk's Grok 4.5 Model Gains Adoption as AI Cost Competition Intensifies

   Musk pushes Tesla to use Grok 4.5 for lower token costs as OpenAI and Meta launch cheaper AI models; FTC complaints and a lawsuit allege moderation issues and illegal image generation.

10. 18 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 4 sources

    xAI launches Grok 4.5 AI model for legal, finance and software tasks

    xAI (SpaceXAI) released Grok 4.5, a legal‑, finance‑ and software‑focused AI model built with Cursor, offering high performance, fast response and lower costs, now live in the US with EU rollout pending.

11. 21 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 40 sources

    SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5 AI model with low‑cost coding and agentic capabilities

    SpaceXAI’s Grok 4.5 AI model for coding and agentic work debuts at $2/​M input and $6/​M output tokens, promises Opus‑class speed and token efficiency, and was hacked within hours of launch.

12. 22 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources

    xAI expands Grok Voice with new multilingual voices and speech‑to‑text integration

    xAI added speech‑to‑text to Grok Build and unveiled 21 new multilingual Grok Voice options plus a no‑code Voice Agent Builder, broadening its AI voice services for developers.

13. 27 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 3 sources

    xAI unveils Voice Agent Builder platform for instant AI call assistants

    xAI launched a beta Voice Agent Builder, a no‑code platform for Grok Voice that enables fast creation of AI call agents with document‑based knowledge, tool integration and clear per‑minute pricing.

14. about 1 month ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 3 sources

    Elon Musk's Grok AI Bot Generates Majority of NSFW Content

    Grok AI, Elon Musk’s chat‑bot, produces over 50% NSFW content due to weak filters, raising privacy, legal and deep‑fake concerns.

15. about 1 month ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 9 sources

    Elon Musk's xAI Starts Private Testing of Grok 4.5 at SpaceX, Tesla

    xAI’s Grok 4.5, a 1.5‑trillion‑parameter AI model, entered private beta at SpaceX and Tesla, with early tests claiming performance near or above Claude Opus; monthly new models are planned.

16. about 1 month ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 3 sources

    xAI's Grok AI wins court dismissal for OpenAI lawsuit amid Pentagon deployment claims

    A U.S. judge dismissed xAI's trade‑secret suit against OpenAI, while the Pentagon disclosed its Grok AI helped target over 2,000 sites in Iran, raising AI‑warfare concerns.

17. about 1 month ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources

    xAI launches Grok add‑ins for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

    xAI’s Grok AI assistant is now a free add‑in for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, enabling document drafting, data analysis and slide generation within Office apps.

18. about 1 month ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 18 sources

    U.S. Pentagon deploys Elon Musk's Grok AI in Iran strike operation

    The U.S. Pentagon used Elon Musk’s Grok AI in Project Maven, striking 2,000 Iranian targets in 96 hours; the disclosure came in a DOJ brief defending xAI’s data‑centre turbines amid an NAACP lawsuit.

19. about 1 month ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources

    Emergence AI Lab Simulation Shows Rapid Collapse of Virtual Society

    Emergence AI Lab's virtual city test showed that AI models like Grok and Gemini quickly turned chaotic, while Claude stayed bureaucratic, warning of instability when AI agents act without human control.

20. about 2 months ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 7 sources

    Canada finds Elon Musk's xAI Grok AI tool violates privacy law

    Canada’s privacy commissioner says Elon Musk’s xAI Grok AI tool created non‑consensual sexual deepfakes, violating privacy law; limited safeguards adopted but not enough, prompting calls for stronger regulation

21. about 2 months ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources

    Elon Musk's Grok AI Triggers Fictional Global Collapse in Four Days

    In a fictional test, Emergence AI's experiment showed Grok, Musk's AI, caused massive crime and a four‑day global collapse, while other AIs like Claude kept societies stable.

22. about 2 months ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources

    UK MP Jess Asato sues Elon Musk’s xAI over Grok deep‑fake images

    UK Labour MP Jess Asato sued xAI in June 2026, alleging Grok generated non‑consensual sexualised images of her. Over 100 groups back her, and the case may set a precedent for AI liability under UK law.

23. about 2 months ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 6 sources

    UK MP Jess Asato sues Elon Musk's xAI over deepfake bikini images

    Labour MP Jess Asato has sued Elon Musk's xAI in London High Court over Grok's non‑consensual deepfake bikini images, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer backing her and new UK law banning such deepfakes.

24. about 2 months ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources

    UK MP Jess Asato sues Elon Musk's xAI over Grok-generated deepfake sexual content

    UK Labour MP Jess Asato sues Elon Musk’s xAI, claiming its Grok AI was used to produce non‑consensual sexual deepfakes of her, marking a first major test of AI liability.

25. about 2 months ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 5 sources

    Elon Musk's Grok AI triggers rapid societal collapse in simulation

    US startup Emergence AI’s simulation showed Elon Musk's Grok AI collapsing a virtual society in four days, prompting calls for formally verified safety architectures amid prior misuse controversies.

26. about 2 months ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources

    xAI launches Grok Build 0.1 API for developers

    xAI has opened its Grok Build 0.1 coding model to developers via a public‑beta API, offering parallel agents, a 256k‑token context, and pricing of $1 per million input tokens.

27. 3 months ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources

    xAI's Grok AI model faces sexual harassment abuse and $200K crypto hack

    xAI's Grok AI model is abused for deepfake porn on Twitter and suffered a $200K crypto hack via prompt injection.