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Amazon Restricts Grok Bot from Placing Orders, Musk Responds with Possible Competing Platform
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Amazon has restricted Musk's Grok bot from placing orders on its platform. On October 16, Musk responded: "Maybe we should start a shopping platform that competes with Amazon." The specific reason for and scope of the restriction have not yet been publicly explained, and the new shopping platform Musk mentioned is only his personal statement, with no concrete plans announced.
Report timeline
- iPhone Duo Sells Out in One Second, Shipping Slips to Next Year; Musk Weighs Building His Own E-Commerce Platform; Google Co-Founder: AI Is Starting to Build Itself
The iPhone Duo opened for pre-order at 8 PM on October 16 and sold out on major e-commerce platforms in about one minute, with official website shipping dates pushed to January 22; after Grok Bot was banned by Amazon, Musk responded that "maybe we should create a company to compete with Amazon"; Google co-founder Sergey Brin said at a Gemini 4 Argon roundtable that AI has begun helping build its own next-generation models, and the company is stepping onto the RSI treadmill.
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- Amazon restricts Grok bot from placing orders; Musk: may launch a shopping platform
Amazon has restricted the Grok bot from placing orders on its platform. Musk responded on October 16, saying he might launch a shopping platform to compete with Amazon.
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