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- xAI builds an internal Data Bot on Grok Bot for employee analytics
xAI’s data science team built an internal Data Bot inside Grok Bot to answer employee data queries, run analyses, and support dashboards. xAI estimates Data Bot handled about 70 hours of work last week that the data science team would otherwise have done; the figure is the company’s own estimate, not a third-party measurement.
- Elon Musk says Grok Bot works on iOS and Android via the X app
Elon Musk posted that Grok @Bot works on phones after downloading the Apple or Android app.
- Elon Musk says Grok Bot can manage personal finances
Elon Musk posted that Grok @Bot can manage your finances, with a demo link.
- Elon Musk urges users to give Grok Bot their toughest problems
Elon Musk posted a short promo telling users to give Grok @Bot their toughest problems, with a link.
- Elon Musk highlights that Grok Bot can now search, read and monitor X
Elon Musk quoted the official Grok Bot account's announcement that Grok Bot can now search, read and monitor X, adding only 'Grok x 𝕏'. The original post comes with a short video demo and gives no further details on availability or pricing.
- Grok Bot gains a proactive mode, community reports
A Chinese tech account reports Grok Bot has rolled out a proactive mode where the AI teammates start picking up tasks on their own initiative instead of waiting for prompts. The rollout has not been confirmed by xAI.
- Grok Bot is getting a Primary Bot setting, community reports
TestingCatalog reports that Grok Bot is adding a Primary Bot option meant to serve as the user's main AI assistant. The rollout has not been confirmed by xAI; the same leak stream previously flagged the proactive mode rollout.
- dot.com now redirects to xAI's Grok Bot download page amid Dots launch buzz, per TechCrunch
TechCrunch reported that dot.com was found redirecting to xAI's Grok Bot download page just before OpenAI's Dots agent launch on Tuesday. Grok Bot is xAI's bot; public records do not confirm any separate acquisition of the domain, and SpaceX's acquisition of xAI closed earlier in 2026.
- Grok bot adds multiplayer team bots
Elon Musk retweeted the rollout of a new Grok bot feature: multiplayer, letting users make a team bot with access to their content.