The announcement was made at Microsoft’s Build developer conference on Monday, and was notable given Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI. Musk founded xAI, the startup behind Grok, but he has also been locked in a feud with OpenAI since stepping down from its board in the late 2010s, citing disagreements over its leadership direction.

Microsoft is bringing Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini from Elon Musk’s xAI to Azure AI Foundry as first-party models, deepening ties with xAI even as Musk continues his legal battle with OpenAI.

Elon Musk, despite an ongoing lawsuit with Microsoft and OpenAI, appeared virtually at Microsoft’s Build conference. AI chatbot Grok will be hosted on Microsoft Azure. The move places Grok AI on the same platform alongside competitors like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Meta’s models.

Grok 3, which Musk’s AI outfit introduced earlier this year, will be available on Microsoft’s cloud-computing platform, the company said Monday.

Elon Musk fired back at OpenAI’s accusation that he’s been waging a “relentless” campaign for more than a year to damage the startup.

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Much like its creator, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and “genocide” of white people.

Elon Musk's net worth has recovered to almost $400 billion. The increase in Tesla's share prices has helped this.