xAI AI Updates: August 12, 2026

1. xAI Launches Grok Bot in Public Beta

xAI. xAI opened the public beta of Grok Bot, describing it as durable AI teammates that run on a persistent cloud computer. The agents support messaging, approvals, connectors, and routines, and started as an internal prototype the xAI team used day to day. Elon Musk indicated a wider rollout is coming alongside the release of Grok 4.6. Source