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Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to ‘unsustainably high’ costs
Publisher description: Musk recently referred to Grok Bot as having "the fastest growth of a product that I've ever seen in my life."
TechCrunch | Nov 2, 2026 | Amanda Silberling
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Over Halloween weekend, some Grok Bot users awoke to something especially spooky: their weekly usage limits were unexpectedly maxed out, even if they hadn’t been using SpaceX’s agentic AI overnight. Some users reported on X that their usage jumped from as low as 50% to 100%. Musk recently referred to Grok Bot as having “the fastest growth of a product that I’ve ever seen in my life.” Musk has not yet shared how subscribers’ usage limits will be impacted moving forward.
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