From TechCrunch · Amanda Silberling · · 1m 10s
Musk cuts Grok Bot usage limits over unsustainable costs
Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot access after users' weekly limits unexpectedly maxed out over Halloween weekend, citing costs that outpaced revenue.
In brief
Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot access after users' weekly limits unexpectedly maxed out over Halloween weekend, citing costs that outpaced revenue. Elon Musk cut Grok Bot usage limits over Halloween weekend, saying serving the AI chatbot cost too much relative to revenue from the service. Originally reported by…
Grok Bot users hit limits overnight
Over Halloween weekend, Grok Bot users woke to find their weekly usage limits unexpectedly maxed out. Some reported usage jumping from as low as fifty percent to one hundred percent without using the service.
Musk confirms it was not a glitch
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed on X on Sunday that the throttling was intentional. He said the cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue.
“The cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue”
Grok Bot was a profit driver for SpaceX
SpaceX's Super Intelligence division reported a profit of four hundred thirty one million dollars, with AI making up fifty two percent of company income.
Future limits remain unclear
Musk has not yet shared how subscribers' usage limits will be impacted moving forward, leaving users uncertain about what access to Grok Bot will look like.
The big picture
Elon Musk cut Grok Bot usage limits over Halloween weekend, saying serving the AI chatbot cost too much relative to revenue from the service.
