Grok Bot Throttled After xAI Costs Outpaced Subscription Revenue

Posted by PicardManeuver on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:29PM
from the gadgetreview.com dept.

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Re:Grok Bot Throttled After xAI Costs Outpaced Subscription ... by rvz on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:40PM (#50345817)

> "Money will not matter if robots (Grok Bot, Optimius, Robotaxi) are providing the goods in the age of abundance" - Elon Musk

> "The cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue" - Elon Musk

Costs are made up in the age of abundance.

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Re:Grok Bot Throttled After xAI Costs Outpaced Subscription ... by jqpabc123 on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:43PM (#50345858)

fully utilizing a $200 ChatGPT Pro subscription could correspond to approximately $14,000 in equivalent API charges

AI is energy intensive. Widespread use *may* simply not be realistic under current conditions.

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