Microsoft is bringing Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini from Elon Musk’s xAI to Azure AI Foundry as first-party models, deepening ties with xAI even as Musk continues his legal battle with OpenAI.

OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, is reportedly integrating Google's cloud service to meet its growing computing needs, diversifying beyond Microsoft's Azu

“These models will have all the service level agreements (SLAs) Azure customers expect from any Microsoft product,” says Microsoft. The Grok AI models will be hosted and billed directly by Microsoft, and offered to its own product teams and customers through its Azure AI Foundry service.

Earlier today, OpenAI announced GPT-4.1 models targeted at developers. The GPT-4.1 model family includes GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano, and these are available only via APIs. According ...