Grok Bot

Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk's AI company xAI, now lets users create teams of persistent AI agents that work continuously in the background on assigned tasks. The feature moves the bot beyond single-question chat, letting people assemble multiple always-on workers for research, monitoring or automation. The announcement is drawing attention from AI watchers debating how useful autonomous agents really are.

OpenMausBot, an open-source alternative to Grok bots, has been introduced with a built-in virtual machine that bots can use. The project offers a self-hosted option for developers who want AI bot capabilities without relying on proprietary services. Interest so far comes mainly from the maker and open-source community, which is watching whether it can deliver comparable functionality to commercial offerings.