Microsoft strikes deal with Musk to host Grok AI

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, would be hosted on the Azure cloud platform. The announcement was made during a company event focused on AI advancements. Grok 3.5, the latest version of the model, emphasizes physics-based reasoning and aims to improve accuracy in responses. xAI stated that while some errors are expected, the model is designed to reduce them over time. Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO said "That's why today we are thrilled to announce Grok from xAI is coming to Azure. You know, Grok 3 offers reasoning, deep search, response models, all in one single model, and it is awesome. " The integration with Azure expands Microsoft's AI offerings and provides xAI with cloud infrastructure to scale Grok’s capabilities. The move marks a significant collaboration between the two tech companies.