xAI models now support Zero Data Retention (ZDR) on OpenRouter Developers can now use: • Grok 4.3 • Grok 4.20 • Grok Build 0.1 with Zero Data Retention enabled This means requests aren’t retained by the provider, making it a strong option for privacy-sensitive and enterprise workloads

xAI’s development of artificial intelligence is “a mess”, Co-Executive Editor @mvpeers says. “Elon has fired most of the people who he originally hired at xAI." "He has a tendency to set unrealistic deadlines. And when they're not met, he just fires people.”

xAI has been shipping Grok Build updates non-stop If you have not been keeping track, here is what xAI has rolled out up to v0.2.11: New commands & core features → Integrated 𝕏 search and much faster web search → Added /export, /login, /usage, and /config-agents → Added an interactive read-file viewer with PowerPoint text extraction → Added Always-approve mode to streamline permissions → Auto-installed shell completions for bash, zsh, and fish Expanded platform support → Added Windows ARM64 and macOS x86_64 support → Improved terminal support across Warp, VTE-based terminals, JetBrains, and legacy Windows Console → Fixed copy/paste issues across Linux Wayland, WSL, and Windows Agent & context improvements → Subagents now share the terminal backend, scheduler, and monitor across sessions → Added proactive system reminders and laziness detectors to keep the model on task → Improved context compaction and memory usage for chat history → Auto-backgrounds long-running bash-mode commands triggered via ! UX, media & UI upgrades → Boosted terminal video playback to 30fps → Added multi-image paste, drag-and-drop, and temporary macOS screenshots → Added instant loading indicators when switching models → Improved clickable markdown links and rendered links inside table cells → Smoother plan-mode controls and absolute line numbers in the edit panel Stability & fixes → Increased default retry budget to ~5 minutes → Increased Unix ulimits to prevent crashes → Hardened background tools to handle timeouts and self-kills → Fixed rendering bugs across UTF-8 output, large monitors, Windows contrast, and more xAI is moving insanely fast Grok Build is going from early CLI to a serious agentic coding environment very quickly