{"slug": "elon-musks-grok-roadmap-why-xai-backs-dario-amodeis-push-for-an-ai-slowdown", "title": "Elon Musk’s Grok Roadmap: Why xAI Backs Dario Amodei’s Push for an AI Slowdown", "summary": "Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceXAI, said on X that training for Grok 4.8 will complete this week, Grok 4.9 will be 'Astra/Fable class,' and Grok 5 will achieve AGI, while simultaneously endorsing Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for an AI development slowdown despite opposition from former US President Donald Trump. The statements, reported by ITmedia AI+ in Issue #97 dated September 15, 2026, highlight a growing divide among AI industry leaders and political figures over the pace of AI development and regulation.", "body_md": "Elon Musk’s Grok Roadmap: Why xAI Backs Dario Amodei’s Push for an AI Slowdown\n\nElon Musk, CEO of SpaceXAI, shared updates on his company's Grok AI model via X, stating that Grok 4.8's training would complete this week, Grok 4.9 would be 'Astra/Fable class,' and Grok 5 would achieve AGI.\n\nAsiaAI Publisher\n·\nSeptember 15, 2026 ·\n2 min read · Source: ITmedia AI+ · Issue #97\n\nEast Asian Technology Intelligence\n\nJapan & China tech news — translated, contextualized, and delivered for Western readers.\n\nFree. Unsubscribe anytime.\n\nThis story ran in Issue #97, alongside three other stories.\n\nAI & Machine Learning\n\nElon Musk, CEO of SpaceXAI, shared updates on his company’s Grok AI model via X, stating that Grok 4.8’s training would complete this week, Grok 4.9 would be ‘Astra/Fable class,’ and Grok 5 would achieve AGI. Concurrently, Musk endorsed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s argument for an AI development slowdown, despite opposition from figures like former US President Donald Trump.\n\nThis news provides a rare glimpse into the competitive claims and development timelines of a prominent Western AI frontier model from a Japanese perspective. It also highlights a growing divide among AI industry leaders and political figures regarding the pace of AI development and regulation, a debate that has significant implications for global tech policy and investment.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/elon-musks-grok-roadmap-why-xai-backs-dario-amodeis-push-for-an-ai-slowdown", "canonical_source": "https://asiaai.fyi/musk-grok-roadmap-xai-slowdown/", "published_at": "2026-09-15 09:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-15 14:49:32.319776+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-policy", "ai-safety", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Elon Musk", "SpaceXAI", "Grok", "Grok 4.8", "Grok 4.9", "Grok 5", "Dario Amodei", "Anthropic"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/elon-musks-grok-roadmap-why-xai-backs-dario-amodeis-push-for-an-ai-slowdown", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/elon-musks-grok-roadmap-why-xai-backs-dario-amodeis-push-for-an-ai-slowdown.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/elon-musks-grok-roadmap-why-xai-backs-dario-amodeis-push-for-an-ai-slowdown.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/elon-musks-grok-roadmap-why-xai-backs-dario-amodeis-push-for-an-ai-slowdown.jsonld"}}