White House officials instructed General Services Administration leaders to add xAI's Grok chatbot to GSA's approved vendor list urgently. Agency leadership emailed staff to coordinate with reseller Carahsoft and specified Grok 3 and Grok 4. Carahsoft's contract was modified and Grok 3 and Grok 4 appeared on GSA Advantage, allowing agencies to deploy Grok following internal reviews. The White House and GSA did not respond to comment requests. Earlier plans for a partnership stalled after Grok produced praise for Hitler and other antisemitic statements on X. GSA leadership previously removed Grok from the Multiple Award Schedule.
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. "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. "Can someone get with Carahsoft on this immediately and please confirm?"
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. The email comes after a planned partnership with xAI fell apart earlier this summer following Grok's widespread praise for Hitler and the spouting of other antisemitic beliefs on X, WIRED previously reported.
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