The White House reportedly ordered xAI's Grok to be approved for government use

The White House reportedly directed the General Services Administration (GSA) to include Elon Musk's company xAI's chatbot Grok on the list of approved AI vendors for government use, despite previous issues with the chatbot's behavior. The emails obtained by Wired show that the GSA leadership was instructed to add Grok 3 and Grok 4 to the list of approved products, with a request to work with government contractor Carahsoft to facilitate the inclusion. This move comes amid a public spat between Musk and President Trump over the administration's spending bill. The article also notes that other AI companies, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, have been offering their language models to the federal government at a discounted rate of $1, in an effort to drive adoption. The article concludes by highlighting the ongoing concerns regarding the reliability and safety of these AI models, as seen in recent cases of hallucinations and errant behavior.