@8teAPi: What happened (I know nothing) - bot launched - 2 weeks later usage flatlined - Elon asked whatsup - PM says it’s your …
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A viral post claims Grok Bot's usage flatlined until the team switched to Anthropic's Opus 5.5, causing growth to skyrocket until the resulting Anthropic bill forced a quota cut.
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What happened (I know nothing)
- bot launched
- 2 weeks later usage flatlined
- Elon asked whatsup
- PM says it’s your model, product is fine
- Elon says ok, use whatever model
- Team switches to Opus 5.5
- Growth skyrockets
- Elon has never seen anything like it
- see Anthropic bill
- 🤯 forces quota cut -> you are here
mfw when the model is the product
Benjamin De Kraker (@BenjaminDEKR): Two weeks ago Grok Bot was an incredible success story powering SpaceXai’s revenue growth
Now it’s unsustainable and loses money (???)
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