# Bad Influence story: xAI says Grok 4.8 is in reinforcement learning, with a soft rollout to Bot users planned

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-10 16:21. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/c7b4dc92-9bca-44d1-b7d9-f444ae645ca7

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Latest update (11-10 16:21): SGLang posts a short "mentioned" note with no details

Overview: Elon Musk says xAI's Grok 4.8 is in reinforcement learning and that its evaluation scores are starting to rise. He also says xAI will do a soft rollout to Bot users later this week to see how it goes. The claims come from Musk's post; no evaluation figures or release details beyond the rollout plan are given. A short SGLang (@sgl_project) post noting it was mentioned is the only other item, and it contains no claims about Grok 4.8.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-10 16:21 · SGLang · [SGLang posts a short "mentioned" note with no details](https://badinfluence.news/items/vwfa57kihkertqlt3eljqknht)
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