Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok suffered major disruptions on Friday, with users reporting they couldn’t access the service, get replies, or sign in. DownDetector data showed most complaints came from the mobile app, while some users said the website wasn’t working properly. A smaller share reported login-specific problems. The spike peaked near 6:30 am IST at roughly 800 reports, and social media filled with screenshots of Grok failing to answer questions. xAI had not issued an official statement.
Meta Platforms will let rival AI chatbots access WhatsApp for free for one month, as the company negotiates commitments with EU antitrust regulators. The European Commission signaled it could require Meta to open access. Earlier, Meta limited its own AI assistant to WhatsApp, then floated charging rivals—now it appears to be backing down.
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Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is losing ground as rivals like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google’s Gemini accelerate. New figures show Grok downloads down nearly 60% since January and paid adoption hovering at just 0.174%. The “anti-woke” bot has also faced criticism after deepfake controversies and struggles to win enterprise customers.
Users reported a “Claude not working” error on May 8, 2026, as elevated errors hit multiple Claude models. The outage began at 09:49 UTC, with a fix rollout starting at 10:22 UTC. Residual impact remained for Claude Opus 4.1 and Claude Opus 4.6 Fast Mode, leaving many wondering when normal service would fully return.
Tesla earned over $500 million last year from Elon Musk’s other businesses. xAI contributed roughly $430 million, while SpaceX added about $143 million. The reported revenue links Tesla to services tied to AI chatbots and energy storage, with additional xAI-related revenue showing up for Tesla earlier this year.
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