Elon Musk outlines Grok Bot’s plan to choose external AI models

His October 7, 2026 post named Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney and Suno; an October 8 report relayed a statement about Claude rolling out.

October 10, 2026

Elon Musk outlines Grok Bot’s plan to choose external AI models

Key points

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On October 7, 2026, Musk said SpaceX would use the backend model most likely to produce the best result for a task.
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The named examples were Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney, Suno and other leading APIs.
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A report published October 8 relayed an unnamed Grok Bot team member’s statement that Claude Opus 5.5 was rolling out to all Bots on the app at that time.

Musk’s October 7 plan names Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney and Suno for Grok Bot’s task-based model selection; a report later described a Claude rollout.

On October 7, 2026, Elon Musk outlined a plan for SpaceX to have Grok Bot choose the backend model most likely to produce the best result for a task, naming Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney, Suno and other leading APIs.

A task-based selection rule

A backend model is the AI system that handles work behind an app. Musk’s stated approach would make the choice depend on which model is most likely to deliver the best outcome for a given task.

The reported Claude Opus 5.5 rollout

Important note regarding Grok @Bot:

Going forward, @SpaceX will use the best back end model for any given task, including Claude Opus 5.5, MidJourney, Suno and other leading APIs.

Whatever is most likely to give you the best outcome.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 7, 2026

A report published October 8 relayed an unnamed Grok Bot team member’s statement that Claude Opus 5.5 was rolling out to all Bots on the app at that time.

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