xAI tightens Grok usage caps, pointing to the cost of running it

xAI has cut Grok usage limits, with Musk blaming serving costs, a sign that running frontier AI still has a price people feel.

xAI has reduced how much people can use its Grok chatbot. According to the report's headline, Elon Musk says the cost of serving it is the reason, and he describes that cost as too high to sustain.

This is a setback for access to knowledge tools. Every cap on a widely used model shows that the compute behind it is still expensive enough to ration. Until serving costs fall further, free or cheap access to frontier AI can be pulled back when demand grows. We don't have the details of the new limits, which tiers they affect, or when they take effect. The source is brief on our end, and the full reporting sits with Business Insider.

Source: Google News