xAI's Grok 3 Comes To Microsoft Azure (techcrunch.com)
(Monday May 19, 2025 @05:30PM (BeauHD)
from the azure-you-can-handle-it dept.)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/19/2033214/xais-grok-3-comes-to-microsoft-azure
- Source link: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/xais-grok-3-comes-to-microsoft-azure/
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch:
> Microsoft on Monday became one of the [1]first hyperscalers to provide managed access to Grok , the AI model developed by billionaire Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI. Available through Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry platform, Grok -- specifically Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini -- will "have all the service-level agreements Azure customers expect from any Microsoft product," says Microsoft. They'll also be billed directly by Microsoft, as is the case with the other models hosted in Azure AI Foundry. [...] The Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini models in Azure AI Foundry are decidedly more locked down than the Grok models on X. They also come with additional data integration, customization, and governance capabilities not necessarily offered by xAI through its API.
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/xais-grok-3-comes-to-microsoft-azure/
> Microsoft on Monday became one of the [1]first hyperscalers to provide managed access to Grok , the AI model developed by billionaire Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI. Available through Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry platform, Grok -- specifically Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini -- will "have all the service-level agreements Azure customers expect from any Microsoft product," says Microsoft. They'll also be billed directly by Microsoft, as is the case with the other models hosted in Azure AI Foundry. [...] The Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini models in Azure AI Foundry are decidedly more locked down than the Grok models on X. They also come with additional data integration, customization, and governance capabilities not necessarily offered by xAI through its API.
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/xais-grok-3-comes-to-microsoft-azure/
Smart Move by Microsoft (Score:2)
As much as I hate to give Microsoft credit, it's a smart move to bring in grok.
The cynical side of me thinks Microsoft doesn't care who's AI system they integrate as long as corporate customers pay for it.
Re: (Score:1)
> The Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini models in Azure AI Foundry are decidedly more locked down than the Grok models on X
Does this mean the prompts you give it have prompt-engineering behind it? If so screw that. We build a few big bad servers from Lenovo to run Oolama 405 at 16bit quant in GPUs. was 6 figures, but we use it extensively internally. One of our customers does not allow data to leave (biotech research).
Re: (Score:2)
Couldn't agree more. This explains why they were up today. I may have been wrong in selling MSFT.