SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot delegates cloud desktops to agents for $200 a month
SpaceXAI rolled out an early beta of Grok Bot, a messenger interface where autonomous agents run multi-step web tasks on a dedicated virtual machine. The catch: every bot shares the same credentials, and access requires a hefty subscription.
SpaceXAI has introduced Grok Bot in early beta, framing the tool as a chat interface for managing autonomous web agents. Instead of running automations on a local machine, the service provisions a persistent cloud computer where agents browse websites, reuse saved user sessions, and complete multi-step tasks even when the user’s computer is shut down.
Users can deploy multiple bots assigned to specific roles. The agents are designed to collaborate, passing context, exchanging messages, and delegating subtasks to one another in the background. When an agent encounters an obstacle that requires human intervention—such as two-factor authorization or an ambiguous choice—it pauses execution and hands control over to the user in chat before resuming.
The system also allows users to record a sequence of manual actions as a routine, which agents can re-execute on demand or on a scheduled basis.
However, the convenience exposes an obvious security trade-off: isolation exists only at the user level, not between bots. Every agent created by a user shares the identical cloud operating system, including its file system, active browser logins, and saved authentication tokens. A single compromised or malfunctioning bot operates with the exact same access privileges as every other agent on that machine.
Access is tied directly to developer tooling. Grok Bot runs on infrastructure provided by Cursor and requires an active Cursor Ultra subscription, priced at $200 per month.
Source: habr
Project: x.ai/bot
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