Pakistan, May 20 -- In a bold move, Microsoft has partnered with Elon Musk's xAI to bring the Grok AI chatbot to its Azure cloud platform, even after recent backlash over the model's controversial responses. Announced during Microsoft's Build 2025 developer conference, the deal will make Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini available through Azure AI Foundry. This expands Azure's growing catalog of generative AI models, which already includes offerings from OpenAI, Meta, and Stability AI.

The decision follows public criticism of Grok for sharing conspiracy theories and racially sensitive claims, particularly about South Africa. xAI blamed the issue on an "unauthorized modification" and promised tighter internal controls, including 24/7 monitoring and ...