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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

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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