Grok
productSpaceXAI's model family and assistant, integrated with the X platform. In ToTheMoon: 91 episodes from 2024 to 2026, central in 9 of them; most often alongside AI models and assistants and Markets, investment, and business models.
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Grok in ToTheMoon episodes
On ToTheMoon, Grok almost always arrives together with Elon Musk: a model that launches with a claim to leadership, wins benchmarks and promises daily updates. The hosts' question stays the same — whether speed and ambition turn into a reliable working tool, and what Grok gains from access to how people behave inside X.
As early as 2024 the hosts saw xAI's advantage in distribution: the company knows what people read and discuss on X, and Grok can be built into any process on the platform (episode 009). The Grok 3 launch in 2025 was read as a Musk-style show of compute scale, but the amount of compute says nothing about how much better the model is at work (episode 046). The live Grok 4 test became the central one: the first impression was strong, yet winning a test and being convenient at work proved to be different things (episode 067). A user who asked Grok whether Musk or Altman was right got the answer of a system tied to one side (episode 071).
By late 2025 Grok 4.1's lead in the rankings lasted until Gemini 3 appeared, and the hosts concluded that ELO and human exams do not describe working experience (episode 085); of the Heavy plan one host said, “I'm just not spending $300 in Grok next time” (episode 087). In 2026 they discussed a study of Grok's dangerous replies to signs of a mental-health crisis (episode 108); in the test of political characters Grok came out furthest to the right, a product of training data and safety rules rather than “views” (episode 129); and Grok 4.5's win in a parallel-coding test was separated from product readiness (episode 133).
Featured analysis · Grok
The Problem With New AI Models Is No Longer Power, but the Person Who Has to Make Sense of Them AllAI models and assistantsChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok Do More Than Answer Differently—Their Companies Give Them Different Political CharactersAI models and assistantsChatGPT-5.5 Reads Prompts and Gets More Expensive: Personalization Is Growing Faster Than TrustAI models and assistantsGemini 3 Won a Noisy Week, but the Real Race Is for an Agent That Can Work, Not Take an ExamAI models and assistantsGrok 4 Is Impressive in Speed and Ambition, but a Work Tool Is Not Defined by a BenchmarkAI models and assistantsAI Search, Grok in Telegram, and Stargate: The Market Is Forming Around a New IntermediaryAI models and assistantsManus Sells Finished Work, Not a Smart Model—and That Is Why It Looks Stronger Than ChatGPTAI models and assistantsGrok 3 Did Not End the ChatGPT Era—It Showed That the Race Now Runs Every DayAI models and assistantsAI Has Not Hit a Ceiling—Products and Corporations HaveAI models and assistants
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133 · 2026-07-12The Problem With New AI Models Is No Longer Power, but the Person Who Has to Make Sense of Them Allcentral129 · 2026-07-03ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok Do More Than Answer Differently—Their Companies Give Them Different Political Characterscentral108 · 2026-05-03ChatGPT-5.5 Reads Prompts and Gets More Expensive: Personalization Is Growing Faster Than Trustcentral085 · 2025-11-23Gemini 3 Won a Noisy Week, but the Real Race Is for an Agent That Can Work, Not Take an Examcentral067 · 2025-07-20Grok 4 Is Impressive in Speed and Ambition, but a Work Tool Is Not Defined by a Benchmarkcentral060 · 2025-06-01AI Search, Grok in Telegram, and Stargate: The Market Is Forming Around a New Intermediarycentral049 · 2025-03-16Manus Sells Finished Work, Not a Smart Model—and That Is Why It Looks Stronger Than ChatGPTcentral046 · 2025-02-23Grok 3 Did Not End the ChatGPT Era—It Showed That the Race Now Runs Every Daycentral009 · 2024-06-09AI Has Not Hit a Ceiling—Products and Corporations Havecentral141 · 2026-07-29Censorship Inside AI? ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini Tested for Freedom of Speechanalysis140 · 2026-07-26AI Is Changing the Internet: What Happens to Browsers, Google, and Apps?analysis121 · 2026-06-14Claude Fable 5 Showed a New Level of Work—and How Strategic a Model Has Becomeanalysis109 · 2026-05-10Codex Replaced $700 Software, but AI Design Still Does Not Know the Size of the Wallanalysisextra15 · 2026-03-04AI Safety Is Not a Fight Against an “Evil Model,” but a Fight Over the Right of People and States to Set Its Rulesanalysis093 · 2026-01-18Personal AI Promises to Know You Better—and Quietly Turns Data Into the Main Productanalysisextra13 · 2025-12-312025 Was the Year of AI Users, Not Companies: Models Entered Life Faster Than Business Processesanalysis089 · 2025-12-21GPT-5.2 Became One More Version in an Endless Stream: Users Need a Stable Product More Than a New Numberanalysis087 · 2025-12-07“Code Red” at OpenAI: Google Applies Product Pressure While Social Programs Buy Time and Influenceanalysis086 · 2025-11-30Mission Genesis Turns AI Into a Government Project Where Electricity Is the Main Resourceanalysis071 · 2025-08-17ChatGPT-5 Arrived With a New Problem: Your AI Conversations Can Become Evidenceanalysisextra10 · 2025-08-13ChatGPT-5 in Life and Business: Give People a Strong Model First, Then Build an Agentanalysis070 · 2025-08-10GPT-5 Became Easier to Use, but the Main Progress Is Not One Benchmark—It Is How the Model Handles a Taskanalysisextra05 · 2025-05-28How to Use AI Every Day Without Confusing an Assistant With a Doctor, Lawyer, or Friendanalysis059 · 2025-05-25OpenAI Wants a Device of Its Own While Google Turns the Entire Internet Into One AI Interfaceanalysis052 · 2025-04-06A “Think” Button Does Not Make a Model Conscious—It Shows the Cost of a Long Taskanalysis175 · 2026-10-04I Was at OpenAI DevDay 2026. Here's What OpenAI Is Turning ChatGPT Intocontext174 · 2026-10-0210 Key AI Trends You Can't Afford to Miss: What to Learn and What Not to Waste Time on in the Age of AIcontext173 · 2026-09-30How to Get the Most Out of AI in 2026: 10 Key Rules for Work and Lifecontext169 · 2026-09-23ChatGPT Is Already Advising You on What to Do With Your Money. Can You Trust It?context168 · 2026-09-20OpenAI Closed Access to the $200 Pro Plan. Is Strong AI Becoming Scarce?context161 · 2026-09-06Fable 5.1 Is Out. Claude Opened Its Memory. OpenAI Is Preparing Astra — What Is Changing in the New AI Race?context156 · 2026-08-28Can AI Be Trusted With Important Work? We Checked OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI and Metacontext147 · 2026-08-09Apple Sues OpenAI, Meta Challenges Codex: What Is Happening in the AI Race Right Nowcontext136 · 2026-07-19ChatGPT or Claude: Which System Will Become the Main Interface for Work and Life?context142 · 2026-07-31AI Makes You More Efficient. Where Does Assistance End and a Violation Begin?context138 · 2026-07-22AI-Native: The Future of Companies or the Most Expensive Mistake?context145 · 2026-08-05Has the Singularity Already Begun? Who Will Control Superintelligence?context154 · 2026-08-23OpenAI Has Paused Its New Model. What Is Happening to the AI Race?context130 · 2026-07-05Fable 5 Returned, GPT-5.6 Was Hidden Behind a New Lineup, and Gemini 3.5 Is Delayed: The Race Has Become Almost Incomprehensible to Userscontext127 · 2026-06-28ChatGPT at the Doctor, Claude With a Passport, and 32% Fewer Openings: AI Became Reality Before the Market Agreed on Rulescontext105 · 2026-04-12AI Is Getting More Expensive, Access Is Narrowing, and Investment Is Rising: The Free Magic Is Endingcontext104 · 2026-04-05Google Offers to Move Chats Out of ChatGPT: Memory Is Becoming the Main Way to Keep a Usercontext102 · 2026-03-21Google Is Pulling Ahead Because Personal AI Sees an Entire Digital Life, Not One Chatcontext100 · 2026-03-08OpenClaw Gains Access to Your Computer: An Agent’s Utility Grows in Exact Proportion to the Possible Leakcontext096 · 2026-02-08OpenAI and Anthropic Are Beginning a War of Business Models, Not Models: Advertising vs. Expensive Workcontext094 · 2026-01-251.9 GW for OpenAI: AI Companies Are Beginning to Resemble States in Energy Use and Influencecontextextra14 · 2026-01-14OpenAI, Google, and Apple Build AI in the Image of Their Own Organizations—and That Is Why Their Products Are So Differentcontext092 · 2026-01-11AI Is Entering Health and the Home, but Everyday Reliability Lags Behind Medical Promisescontext090 · 2025-12-28AI Was Wrong, but the System Reacted as Though It Were Right: This Is How a False Alarm Becomes Dangerouscontextextra12 · 2025-12-17We Have Entered the Age of AI Video: Value Is Moving From the Ability to Create a Clip to the Ability to Prove Who Created Itcontext084 · 2025-11-16A Trillion-Dollar OpenAI and a Million Tesla Robots: The Market Is Pricing Scale Before It Has Seen Reliabilitycontext077 · 2025-09-28OpenAI Is Building a Labor Market, DeepSeek Is Preparing a New Model, and Compute Scarcity Is Becoming the Main Employercontext074 · 2025-09-07Flying Cars and 6G Are Impressive, but Search, Parental Controls, and Chips Will Shape the Near Futurecontext073 · 2025-08-31Apple Can Buy Google’s Model, but It Cannot Buy an Organization That Knows How to Ship AIcontextextra09 · 2025-07-23Russia’s 31st Place in AI Is Not a Verdict, but Without Compute, Capital, and Mass Adoption the Ranking Will Not Changecontext066 · 2025-07-13The Interview No Longer Tests the Programmer: AI Is Forcing Companies to Look at Real Workcontext061 · 2025-06-08There Is No Single Strongest Model: ChatGPT Has to Be Chosen Again for Every Taskcontext057 · 2025-05-11Voice Assistants Still Make Mistakes, While Scammers Already Use AI at Full Scalecontext056 · 2025-05-04AI Now Helps People Pass Interviews and Check Candidates—So Trust in Tests Is Collapsing From Both Sidescontext055 · 2025-04-27o3 Unified OpenAI’s Tools but Did Not Solve the Main Problem—Confident Hallucinationscontext050 · 2025-03-23Chinese Models Are Advancing Through Freedom of Choice, Not the Quality of a Single Answercontext048 · 2025-03-09Meta and Microsoft Are Dividing User Habits, Not Modelscontext047 · 2025-03-02AI Can Be Talked Into Revealing a Password—and That Is an Exact Model of Future Attackscontext035 · 2024-12-08China Could Win the Robotics Race While the United States Debates the Next Modelcontext032 · 2024-11-17AGI Is Promised for Tomorrow, but No One Has Explained What Is Supposed to Arrivecontext007 · 2024-05-26Why ChatGPT Is ‘Getting Dumber,’ Apple Is Moving Slowly on AI, and Our Data Is the Most Fragile Part of the Systemcontext003 · 2024-04-26AI Is Moving Closer to People—and Reaching Too Far Into Their Lives at the Same Timecontext171 · 2026-09-27AI Will Buy and Haggle for Us. What Will Become of Humans in Such a World?brief170 · 2026-09-25Claude Opus 5.5 Is Out. Is It Even Worth Switching to New Models?brief116 · 2026-06-03There Will Be No More Search: How AI Is Changing the Internet and People's Decisionsbrief123 · 2026-06-17Should AI Have Rights? Anthropic's Secret Document Opened Pandora's Boxbrief112 · 2026-05-24Who Owns the AI World Now? The Top News Straight from Silicon Valleybrief159 · 2026-09-02How Do You Earn More With AI When the Competition Only Grows?brief157 · 2026-08-30Where Does AI Really Help, and Where Does It Only Make Things Worse?brief148 · 2026-08-12The Era of a Single Profession Is Over. Who Wins in the AI World?brief153 · 2026-08-21Can You Trust a Team of AIs With the Work? Anthropic Tested 80 Agentsbrief152 · 2026-08-19Zuckerberg Promises an AI That Will Know Everything About You. Why Does Meta Want That?brief120 · 2026-06-12AI Has Started Building Itself: Development Speeds Up, and the Main Human Skill Shifts to Choosing the Directionbrief103 · 2026-03-29While OpenAI Scales Back Sora, Google and Anthropic Are Turning Legacy Software Into an Unnecessary Layerbrief098 · 2026-02-22The World of AI Agents Has Already Arrived: A Model Makes Discoveries, Hires People, and Opens New Paths for Deceptionbrief083 · 2025-11-09AI Agents Are Not Ready to Replace Work Yet—but They Are Already Changing Prices, GDP, and the Rules of Online Storesbrief081 · 2025-10-26ChatGPT Atlas Is Not Killing Chrome: A Browser Matters Only When It Remembers Work, Not Click Historybriefextra11 · 2025-10-22Ten Everyday Tasks for ChatGPT: Saving Time Begins With Questions You Already Ask Other Peoplebrief072 · 2025-08-24Meta’s Moderation Failure Shows That Friendly AI Can Be Dangerous Precisely Because People Trust Itbrief068 · 2025-07-27The ChatGPT Agent Promises to Act for You—and Immediately Runs Into Control, Marketing, and Safetybrief062 · 2025-06-15ChatGPT at $20 and $200: An Expensive Subscription Does Not Solve the Model-Choice Problembrief058 · 2025-05-18The US Decided to Sell NVIDIA to the World So the World Would Not Learn to Live Without NVIDIAbrief037 · 2024-12-22Sora, Video Chat, and a $56 Billion Court Case: Technology Accelerates, but People Still Make the Rulesbrief034 · 2024-12-01AI Agents Promise to Replace Employees, but They Still Cannot Replace a Bad Interfacebrief028 · 2024-10-20Elon Musk Is Building AI as an Industrial Project: One Hundred Thousand GPUs, Tesla, SpaceX, and the Price of Scalebrief004 · 2024-05-04Sora Is Changing Media Production, Not Eliminating the Profession—It Is Changing the Price of the Resultbrief