Microsoft has been instructing engineers working on its AI infrastructure to get ready to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI model, according to a trusted source familiar with the plans. In recent weeks Microsoft has been in discussions with xAI to host the Grok AI model and make it available to customers and Microsoft’s own product teams through the Azure cloud service. The move could prove controversial internally and further inflame tensions with Microsoft’s partner OpenAI.
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