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Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen

Grok barely appears in 400+ government AI contracts. Elon's signature chatbot is already irrelevant to the agencies that matter most.

Reporting by The Verge AI 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Grok's near-total absence from federal AI procurement—despite xAI's valuation and Musk's public positioning—signals a critical gap between hype and real-world adoption among the buyer segment (government) that validates enterprise AI viability.

The key facts

10 to know

  1. Reuters reviewed 400+ federal government AI vendor records for 2025

  2. Grok/xAI appeared in only 3 instances

  3. Uses were limited to basic document drafting and social media management

  4. xAI Grok positioned as centerpiece of potential major IPO

  5. Report suggests low government confidence or awareness of Grok capabilities

  6. Reuters reviewed 400+ federal government AI use cases with named vendors

  7. Grok appeared in only 3 cases

  8. Uses were basic: document drafting, social media management

  9. xAI's Grok positioned as centerpiece of potential record IPO

  10. Government procurement data serves as early adoption proxy for enterprise viability

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Publisher excerpt: There is a harsh truth about Elon Musk's "truth-seeking" AI chatbot Grok: It's not very good, and not many people are using it. That's the takeaway of a new Reuters report, which found that Grok barely appears in federal records of how the US government used AI last year. It's not the only sign…
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