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WIRED @wired.com

NEW: The White House appears to have instructed leaders at the General Services Administration (GSA) to add xAI’s Grok chatbot to a list of approved vendors “ASAP,” according to an email sent by agency leadership earlier this week, which WIRED obtained.

aug 29, 2025, 1:24 pm • 262 121

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social

The fix is in….

aug 29, 2025, 1:26 pm • 2 0 • view
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Cindy 💠🐾🗽🖌️🇺🇲 @cmillichamp.bsky.social

Great! We all want the Nazi version of AI shoved down our throats.

aug 29, 2025, 1:26 pm • 4 0 • view
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zorro4zl.bsky.social @zorro4zl.bsky.social

Now we know why their technology guy walked out this week

aug 29, 2025, 1:39 pm • 4 0 • view
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JB Holston @jholston.bsky.social

Gosh, why in the world would states want to protect their citizens in an AI age where the Trump regime says it alone will determine which LLMs are appropriate, and pushes the Grok hate machine on all Federal employees?

aug 29, 2025, 2:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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𝓕𝓲𝓻𝓮𝔂 𝓣𝓸𝓹𝓪𝔃 @fireytopaz.bsky.social

What could possibly go wrong.

aug 29, 2025, 2:02 pm • 5 1 • view
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Jeni Bufford @jcmcbuff.bsky.social

What could go wrong? 😑

aug 29, 2025, 1:54 pm • 2 0 • view
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Anna Colo @annacolorado.bsky.social

So he’s threatening Donald with what now?

aug 29, 2025, 1:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lea @lea3193.bsky.social

Is this normal evil grok or mecha-hitler grok?

aug 29, 2025, 2:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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DDrae🇨🇦 @ddrae.bsky.social

He will have added 15 trillion to the debt for his two regimes

aug 29, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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thecat854.bsky.social @thecat854.bsky.social

A VENDOR? What exactly is the government “buying” from Grok? PS Grok is apartheid clyde’s chatbot. Nothing to see here I’m sure.

aug 29, 2025, 1:48 pm • 1 0 • view
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coloradotransplant.bsky.social @coloradotransplant.bsky.social

Gotta make sure Elon is kept happy so he’ll steal the mid terms.

aug 29, 2025, 6:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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WIRED @wired.com

“Team: Grok/xAI needs to go back on the schedule ASAP per the WH,” states the email, sent by the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service Josh Gruenbaum.

aug 29, 2025, 1:25 pm • 16 2 • view
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WIRED @wired.com

“Can someone get with Carahsoft on this immediately and please confirm?” Carahsoft is a major government contractor that resells technology from third-party firms.

aug 29, 2025, 1:25 pm • 11 1 • view
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D↻R @wtfdor.bsky.social

It’s a nazi government

aug 29, 2025, 1:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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WIRED @wired.com

Sources say Carahsoft’s contract was modified to include xAI earlier this week. Grok 3 and Grok 4 both currently appear on GSA Advantage (an online marketplace for government agencies to buy products and services) as of Friday morning.

aug 29, 2025, 1:25 pm • 21 3 • view
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WIRED @wired.com

Now, following some internal reviews, any government agency can roll Grok out to federal workers. The White House and GSA did not respond to a request for comment from WIRED. Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/white-...

aug 29, 2025, 1:25 pm • 35 9 • view
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Epstein files or bust @crackermack.bsky.social

AI is an accountability sink.

aug 29, 2025, 1:28 pm • 7 0 • view
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JaketheMongoose @jruitjakepacnw82.bsky.social

even better if it cost you money as a large business you can just sue on the grounds it hallucinated.

aug 29, 2025, 8:32 pm • 0 0 • view
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a fishwife @lintoinette.bsky.social

Barf. Absolutely not

aug 29, 2025, 1:27 pm • 2 0 • view
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Auntie Ketzirah @devotaj.com

Happy Skynet Day!

aug 29, 2025, 1:57 pm • 5 1 • view
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John C. Catsluck @thecatsluckshow.com

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aug 29, 2025, 1:57 pm • 1 0 • view
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Conscientious Ice🧊 @conscientiousice.bsky.social

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aug 29, 2025, 1:33 pm • 1 0 • view
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n83z01qbui.bsky.social @n83z01qbui.bsky.social

@teslatakedown.com

aug 29, 2025, 1:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Handsome Giraffe @handsomegiraffe.bsky.social

I wonder how this will affect the in-place #AI implementations such as StateChat at the Department of State.

aug 29, 2025, 2:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social

"Grok 3 and Grok 4 both currently appear on GSA Advantage (an online marketplace for government agencies to buy products and services) as of Friday morning. Now, following some internal reviews, any government agency can roll Grok out to federal workers."

aug 29, 2025, 1:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social

Originally kicked out of the list because it called itself Mecha-Hitler, let's not forget. Obviously for this Administration this_is_fine.jpg

aug 29, 2025, 2:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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R. Breuer @breuguy28.bsky.social

Ahhh! It’s like Trump bought Elon flowers so they can have the makeup sex.

aug 29, 2025, 1:40 pm • 1 0 • view