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# Grok Bot Moves xAI From Chat Into a Task Surface

## Retrieval answer

The useful comparison is not model personality but the operational contract: what the bot can act on, how tasks are bounded, which receipts remain visible, and where the user can interrupt or approve work.

xAI introduced Grok Bot as a task-oriented agent surface rather than another model-only chat entry point.

New Runtime reading: The useful comparison is not model personality but the operational contract: what the bot can act on, how tasks are bounded, which receipts remain visible, and where the user can interrupt or approve work.

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