Grok Downloads Fall Nearly 60%

Grok down: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot faces outage; users report blank replies and login problems

Elon Musk-owned AI chatbot Grok faced a fresh outage on Friday, with users reporting failed prompts, blank responses and login issues. Downdetector showed a spike in complaints, while reports by Economic Times, Hindustan Times and others pointed to recurring disruptions in recent months.

Grok downloads fall nearly 60%

Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot is struggling to compete with similar artificial intelligence projects from OpenAI, Meta and Google, per the Wall Street Journal.

'OpenAI Is Coke, Grok Is RC Cola': Experts Slam Elon Musk's AI Adoption Rates

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok is losing ground in the AI race, as new data from the US in 2026 shows its adoption trailing far behind rivals, while its parent company SpaceX rents out major computing capacity to competitor Anthropic at a data centre near Memphis, Tennessee. Grok launched in late 2023 as Musk's answer to OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude, with the billionaire pitching it as 'maximally truth-seeking' and l…

‘OpenAI Is Coke, Grok Is RC Cola’: Experts Slam Elon Musk’s AI Adoption Rates (International Business Times)

International Business Times: ‘OpenAI Is Coke, Grok Is RC Cola’: Experts Slam Elon Musk’s AI Adoption Rates. “The slowdown is stark in the numbers. According to analysis firm AppMagic, downloads of Grok’s app fell to about 8.3 million in April, a steep decline from a peak of more than 20 million in January. In other words, in less than four months, more than half of that download momentum appears to have evaporated.”

Musk’s AI Ambitions Face Pressure as Grok Struggles to Keep Pace

The post Musk’s AI Ambitions Face Pressure as Grok Struggles to Keep Pace appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Grok downloads fell from more than 20 million in January to around 8.3 million in April. Only 0.174% of surveyed US AI users said they paid for Grok in Q2 2026. Enterprise adoption of Grok remains weak as Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini grow. Elon Musk launched Grok in late 2023 with plans to challenge OpenAI, Anthropic, and Goog…

Grok Downloads Crash 60% as Musk Rents AI Infrastructure to Rival Anthropic

Grok app downloads dropped to 8.3 million in April 2026, down from over 20 million in January, according to analysis firm AppMagic, as reported by The Wall Street Journal on May 11. The decline came as users had more AI chatbot options available, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.The download drop also reflects deeper challenges in converting users to paid subscribers. Only 0.174% of U.S. consumers and workers surveyed said they paid for Gro…