Musk says Grok 4.8 won't chase benchmarks; skeptics doubt xAI's coding-focused moat
haider1 · x · 2026-11-04
Elon Musk broke a month of silence to confirm Grok 4.8 is taking longer than expected but "will not be a disappointment," saying xAI is not optimizing for benchmarks and doesn't care how Grok scores on them — the goal is real usefulness.
Commentator haider argues the 4.7/4.8/4.9 roadmap direction is right, but coding isn't xAI's moat: anyone expecting it to beat the big labs at coding will be disappointed, while the grok bot on X keeps winning.
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