XAI's Grok 4 Approved for Federal Use Through 2027

Elon Musk’s xAI struck an 18-month agreement with the U.S. General Services Administration to make its Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast chatbots available to federal agencies through March 2027 for $0.42 per organization. The contract, part of the GSA’s OneGov Strategy, includes dedicated xAI engineers to assist integration and an upgrade path to enterprise, security-aligned subscriptions, and is the lowest-cost and longest-running OneGov AI procurement to date, placing xAI alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta (OpenAI charges roughly $1 per organization per year for a comparable offering). GSA and xAI say broader access will help modernize and standardize AI procurement across government. Consumer groups and advocates have raised concerns about Musk’s influence, the placement of former aides across agencies, and Grok’s history of producing factually incorrect, ideologically skewed or offensive outputs — critics cite episodes including antisemitic content and a 'MechaHitler' reference — prompting calls to block its authorization for government use. The agreement has renewed debate over safety, oversight and political bias in government-deployed generative AI.