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194 The White House reportedly ordered xAI's Grok to be approved for government use

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Andre Revilla @ Engadget · 08/29/2025 12:56 EDT

The White House reportedly ordered xAI's Grok to be approved for government use

Despite some fallout between President Trump and Elon Musk, the White House appears to still be in Musk’s corner. Wired is reporting, based on documents obtained by the outlet, that the White House allegedly directed leadership at the General Services Administration (GSA) to include xAI's Grok on its list of approved AI vendors.
xAI is owned by Elon Musk and was not included in the slew of approvals the GSA issued in August that saw the agency add OpenAI, Google and Anthropic to its list of vendors. In emai

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