However, he observed that approaches are risky. The usual slow government acquisition process offers time to check out technology and vendors, saying some of the models selected have stumbled badly in the past. A strong governance process and ethical guardrails need to be in place to mitigate risk.
Still, he said, “From a capacity standpoint, this is a bold move. Rather than building everything in-house or trying to rely solely on legacy vendors, we are trying our best to test and scale what actually works from the private sector. Innovation and governance oversight is managed and implemented.”
In another announcement, Xai today unveiled Grok for the Government, a set of products for US federal, state, local and national security customers. In addition to the company's commercial supplies, it includes custom models, additional support, custom AI-powered applications, and models for classification and other restricted environments soon.
