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US government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says | It appears Grok’s antisemitic rants stopped it from becoming feds’ go-to chatbot.


It appears Grok’s antisemitic rants stopped it from becoming feds’ go-to chatbot.

Although xAI may no longer be involved in that broad push, other AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have partnered with the government to help Trump pull that off and stand to benefit long-term if their tools become entrenched in certain agencies. Wired's report suggested that some federal workers are uncomfortable not just with the Trump administration's aggressive pace in forcing AI adoption, but also with the price of the products agencies are being required to use. After OpenAI offered to charge federal workers only a nominal $1 fee to access ChatGPT Enterprise, Anthropic quickly set the same price, seemingly hoping to compete.

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