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Elon Musk announced Grok Bot would route requests to the best available third-party and in-house AI models on a per-task basis

Feature update Provisional 72% confidence first seen 8 October 2026, 13:00

Elon Musk said SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot will no longer rely solely on Grok models and will instead choose a “best back end” model per task. Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney, and Suno were cited as examples of third-party models the bot may route to.

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8 Oct, 13:00 Musk’s Grok Bot Turns to Claude for Help Trending Topics independent 10 Oct, 10:00 Elon Musk’s Grok Bot will pick Claude over Grok when it’s better. One-model loyalty is dead. The New Stack

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Elon Musk announced Grok Bot would route requests to the best available third-party and in-house AI models on a per-task basis

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