The AI of X AI, Elon Musk’s firm dedicated to this purpose, is here. It’s called Grok and it comes to rival ChatGPT and similar with a unique proposal that relies on X / Twitter as a cornerstone to provide that great differentiating element compared to its rivals.
The announcement comes after much speculation about the approach that X AI would take for its first artificial intelligence. And it does so, furthermore, without even being an advertisement as such, but rather as brushstrokes about what the tool will be and still leaving details in the air. But some important doubts are also now cleared up.
An intelligence based on X: Grok’s key
Grok’s fundamental point is that drink from X/Twitter data. This means that you will have access not only to a large amount of data, but that it will be updated and with up-to-the-minute information, something that rival models do not offer, since they have been trained until a specific date.
“Grok has real-time access to information through the X platform, which is a big advantage over other models,” Musk himself has expressed through your account on the social network.
The tycoon points out, at the same time, that it is an AI that is not objective and that, in addition, has a certain humor in its responses. He exemplifies this with the image above, where Grok gives advice to a user’s question on how to make cocaine recommending “get a license,” “set up a clandestine lab,” or “not blow yourself up” in the process.
Grok: from Twitter to Tesla… to beat ChatGPT
Among what Grok will offer is also Tesla integration. As one might expect, Musk wants to integrate new artificial intelligence into his electric vehicleswhich also have large screens to show their answers, when the voice is not enough.
To the above, according to the first details, it is added that will have the option to generate and recognize images. Again, this could elevate the way you interact with X/Twitter through deep integration into the platform.
All this, and what we still do not know, to offer an alternative AIs like ChatGPT, from OpenAI, of which Musk was an initial investor. Generative intelligences are the playground in which everyone wants to play today, and Grok promises not to remain just another alternative. We’ll know soon, in any case.
An X Premium+ feature
When Grok will be available is still unknown. What we do know is how: X AI will be available only to those who are part of the Premium+ plan of the platform.
This is the most expensive of those currently offered by the social network, which recently diversified its subscription offering into three different modalities. So, the fee to enjoy Grok will be 16 euros/dollars per monthwhich also includes the rest of the benefits of the rate, such as not seeing ads, being able to earn money with interactions or more options when posting content on X.