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Grok Bot gets its own email inbox: claim a @mail.grokbot.com address to sign up for services, contact businesses and schedule meetings

SpaceXAI's official @bot account announced on Oct 9 that Grok Bot is rolling out its own email inboxes. Ask your Bot to claim one and it gets a @mail.grokbot.com address it can use to sign up for services, contact businesses or schedule time; team admins must enable it.

Grok Bot gets its own email inbox: claim a @mail.grokbot.com address to sign up for services, contact businesses and schedule meetings

Key Takeaways

  • Addresses live on @mail.grokbot.com; you can request a custom name and the Bot checks availability before claiming
  • The official announcement post passed 3,300 likes; rollout started Oct 9 (PT)
  • Team admins must enable inboxes for their team
  • The official changelog (0.68.1) does not yet list the feature; send limits and retention are undisclosed
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SpaceXAI official TypeScript SDK is public: one package for Grok text, voice, image, video, and hosted tools

On 2026-10-02 xAI published the official TypeScript SDK @xai-official/sdk (repo xai-org/xai-sdk-ts, Apache-2.0). The same day, 0.2.0 renamed the client to SpaceXAI; npm latest at fetch was 0.2.1. One ESM package covers Grok text, voice, image and video, plus hosted web search, X search, code execution, and remote MCP. Zero runtime dependencies, Node 22.13+, and browser use blocked by default. No public benchmark.

SpaceXAI official TypeScript SDK is public: one package for Grok text, voice, image, video, and hosted tools

Key Takeaways

  • Package: @xai-official/sdk in xai-org/xai-sdk-ts, Apache-2.0, zero runtime deps. npm latest at fetch was 0.2.1 (2026-10-02 22:18 UTC); the post cited 0.2.0
  • 0.2.0 breaking rename: client class xAI to SpaceXAI (changelog). 0.2.1 adds toJson(schema), streaming partial JSON, and retryBeforeOutput
  • Node.js 22.13+, ESM only; browser and Worker use blocked by default. Hosted tools include web search, X search, code execution, and remote MCP; functions and shell run locally
  • No public SDK latency or coding score. About 27 GitHub stars and 312 npm weekly downloads at fetch time. Sample model grok-4.7 is not a benchmark
  • Not the same package as Vercel @ai-sdk/xai. Keep the API key on the server. Interfaces may change before 1.0; outside PRs are not accepted yet
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⚡ Grok 4.7⚡ grok-imagine-image-2.0⚡ grok-imagine-video-1.5🌐 xAI🌐 spacex

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.7 is 50% off on Ramp Router through Oct 6; public catalog still $2/$6

On 2026-10-02 SpaceXAI said Grok 4.7 is 50% off on Ramp Router through October 6. xAI list price remains $2/$6 ($4/$12 for the whole request at ≥200k prompt tokens), and the Router catalog still shows $2.00/$6.00. Routing is free through 2026 with $26 in new-user credits. The discount is not in the docs; check request cost logs before treating $1/$3 as real.

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.7 is 50% off on Ramp Router through Oct 6; public catalog still $2/$6

Key Takeaways

  • Promo: SpaceXAI says Grok 4.7 is 50% off on Ramp Router through 2026-10-06; not restated in the docs
  • List: xAI Grok 4.7 is $2 / $6 per million tokens; ≥200k prompt tokens bill the whole request at $4 / $12
  • Catalog: docs.router.com still lists grok-4.7 at $2.00 / $6.00, 500k context, reasoning low–xhigh, no Fast tier
  • Launch scores (not a re-test): CursorBench 4.0 46.3%, Terminal-Bench 4.0 37.6%, DeepSWE v1.1 high-effort 71.0%
  • Gateway: routing free through 2026, $26 new-user credits, endpoint https://api.router.com/v1
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Grokipedia v0.3: refreshed design & discovery; edit review resumes after months frozen

SpaceXAI’s Grokipedia shipped v0.3 on 2026-09-30: new logo, 3D-book Featured/Most-read, Latest edits, and article-page polish. The Verge reports edits flowing again after Lawfare’s documented April freeze. No public coding benchmarks for this release.

Grokipedia v0.3: refreshed design & discovery; edit review resumes after months frozen

Key Takeaways

  • Version: Grokipedia v0.3 live at grokipedia.com (footer v0.3); announced 2026-09-30
  • Focus: design/discovery (Featured 3D books, Most-read spines, Live edits), not a size/accuracy leaderboard drop — The Verge
  • Governance: suggestion → Grok review; Lawfare freeze ~2026-04-24; processing resumed recently
  • Scale clues: v0.1 ~885k articles (Oct 2025); Lawfare Aug cited 6M+; homepage approved edits ~1.17M+ live (not third-party audited)
  • Benchmarks: no public SWE/Arena scores; use as a cross-check source with your own citation checks
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Elon Musk: Grok 4.7 combines intelligence, speed, and low cost

Elon Musk quote-posted SpaceXAI, calling Grok 4.7 a strong combination of intelligence, speed, and low cost. Official notes say it works longer on difficult tasks, checks its work more carefully, and ships with their strongest safeguards; it is live in Cursor, Grok Build, and the API.

Elon Musk: Grok 4.7 combines intelligence, speed, and low cost

Key Takeaways

  • Elon Musk quote-posted SpaceXAI, calling Grok 4.7 a strong combination of intelligence, speed, and low cost. Official notes say it works longer on difficult tasks, checks its work more carefully, and ships with their strongest safeguards; it is live in Cursor, Grok Build, and the API.
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Elon Musk calls Grok 4.7 a mix of intelligence, speed, and low cost

Elon Musk amplified SpaceXAI's Grok 4.7 release, calling the model a strong combination of intelligence, speed, and low cost, and pointing people to the Grok Build harness for the best results.

Key Takeaways

  • Elon Musk amplified SpaceXAI's Grok 4.7 release, calling the model a strong combination of intelligence, speed, and low cost, and pointing people to the Grok Build harness for the best results.
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Ex-Cursor engineer @poteto publishes Cursor Compile talk: shipping 2,500 production PRs in a month with coding agents

SpaceXAI engineer and ex-Cursor @poteto published the talk planned for Cursor Compile London: how she shipped about 2,500 production PRs in a month with coding agents. She missed the event while livestreaming Grok Bot Galaxy and released the talk for free on X.

Key Takeaways

  • Cursor Compile London talk released for free on X after a livestream conflict.
  • Core case: about 2,500 production PRs shipped in one month with coding agents.
  • Author is at SpaceXAI (ex-Cursor); talk targets Cursor and coding-agent workflows.
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Artificial Analysis: Grok 4.7 + Grok Build hits Coding Agent Index 56 (4th); Intelligence Index 46 puts SpaceXAI in top 4 labs

@ArtificialAnlys evaluated Grok 4.7 (xhigh): Intelligence Index 46 (+2 vs 4.6), putting SpaceXAI in the top 4 labs. With Grok Build it scores 56 on the Coding Agent Index (+9 vs 4.6), 4th among native harnesses behind Claude Fable 5.1, GPT-6 Astra, and Claude Opus 5. Pricing stays $2/$6 per 1M in/out ($0.50 cache hits), 500k context.

Artificial Analysis: Grok 4.7 + Grok Build hits Coding Agent Index 56 (4th); Intelligence Index 46 puts SpaceXAI in top 4 labs

Key Takeaways

  • Coding Agent Index: Grok 4.7 + Grok Build scores 56 (+9), 4th among native harnesses.
  • Intelligence Index 46 (+2) puts SpaceXAI in the top 4 labs; +111 Elo on AA-Briefcase.
  • Same $2/$6 per 1M pricing as 4.6 ($0.50 cache hits), 500k context; gains come with higher token use.
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SpaceXAI ships Grok 4.7: notable step up from 4.6 at the same price and speed, live in Cursor, Grok Build, and API

@SpaceXAI launched Grok 4.7 as a notable improvement over Grok 4.6 at the same price and speed. Official notes say it works longer on hard tasks, checks its work more carefully, and ships with their strongest safeguards; it is live in Cursor, Grok Build, and the API.

SpaceXAI ships Grok 4.7: notable step up from 4.6 at the same price and speed, live in Cursor, Grok Build, and API

Key Takeaways

  • Official release: clear upgrade over Grok 4.6 at unchanged price and speed.
  • Runs longer on hard tasks, checks work more carefully, strongest safeguards yet.
  • Available now in Cursor, Grok Build, and the API for coding-agent workflows.
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Elon Musk: Grok 4.7 combines intelligence, speed, and low cost

Elon Musk quote-posted SpaceXAI, calling Grok 4.7 a strong combination of intelligence, speed, and low cost, and also posted “Try Grok 4.7.” The quoted SpaceXAI post says Grok 4.7 works longer on difficult tasks, checks its work more carefully, and ships with their strongest safeguards to date.

Elon Musk: Grok 4.7 combines intelligence, speed, and low cost

Key Takeaways

  • Elon Musk quote-posted SpaceXAI, calling Grok 4.7 a strong combination of intelligence, speed, and low cost, and also posted “Try Grok 4.7.” The quoted SpaceXAI post says Grok 4.7 works longer on difficult tasks, checks its work more carefully, and ships with their strongest safeguards to date.
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xAI ships Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0: ~2× accuracy, $0.10/hr batch, AA streaming #1

SpaceXAI (xAI) launched Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0, claiming roughly 2× the accuracy of Transcribe 1.0 on customer-support calls, spoken credentials, and short voice commands at the same price. It ranks #1 for accuracy among 32 streaming transcription models on Artificial Analysis; short-phrase WER fell from about 20.6% to 6.8%. Features include streaming and batch modes, automatic language detection with mid-recording language switches, word-level timestamps and confidence, free speaker diarization, batch at about $0.10/hour and realtime streaming at about $0.20/hour, with existing Speech-to-Text API clients upgraded without code changes.

Key Takeaways

  • Claims ~2× accuracy vs Transcribe 1.0 on support calls, spoken credentials, and short commands at the same price.
  • #1 accuracy among 32 AA streaming transcription models; short-phrase WER ~20.6%→6.8%.
  • Batch ~$0.10/hr and streaming ~$0.20/hr, with diarization, language switching, word timestamps; existing API clients upgrade in place.
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Cursor 3.20.21: Computer Use on Mac, Max Mode in model picker, local agents can run tools, SSH remote windows

Community changelog: SpaceXAI Cursor updated to 3.20.21 with Computer Use on Mac, Max Mode visible in the model picker, local agents able to run tools, and windows connected over SSH to another computer. Also covers the open-agent chat box, deferred list refresh until window focus, and PR tabs that can sit in front of app tabs.

Key Takeaways

  • Computer Use on Mac; local agents can run tools.
  • Max Mode shows in the model picker; SSH remote work windows supported.
  • Also: open-agent chat box, focus-before-refresh lists, and PR tabs over app tabs.
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Grok Build v1.0.31: MCP tools with long server prefixes kept; dashboard, subagent labels, cancel banners fixed

SpaceXAI shipped Grok Build v1.0.31. Key fix: MCP tools with long server prefixes are no longer silently dropped. Also fixes folded subagent run/complete labels, dashboard search and resume-picker focus/selection, worktree path suffixes, dock collapse highlights, cancel-cause banners, and long-path header shortening. Update with grok update --alpha or grok update.

Key Takeaways

  • MCP tools with long server prefixes are kept instead of silently dropped.
  • Folded subagent groups label running vs completed; dashboard search/resume focus and selection fixed.
  • Worktree path suffixes, dock collapse highlights, cancel-cause banners, and long-path headers fixed; update via grok update or --alpha.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot adds Grok models in Word, Excel, PowerPoint (Frontier program first)

Microsoft 365 announced more model choice in Copilot: Grok models from xAI (tweet text: SpaceXAI) are rolling out in Copilot inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, starting with a focused release to Microsoft Frontier program customers. Satya Nadella and Elon Musk later confirmed the Grok availability.

Key Takeaways

  • Copilot gains Grok model choice in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Initial rollout targets Microsoft Frontier program customers.
  • Satya and Elon publicly confirmed Grok availability in Microsoft Copilot.
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Elon Musk: Grok Bot is now available on iPad

Elon Musk amplified the announcement that Grok Bot is now available on iPad, confirming a new device surface for xAI’s Grok Bot product.

Key Takeaways

  • Elon Musk amplified the announcement that Grok Bot is now available on iPad, confirming a new device surface for xAI’s Grok Bot product.
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