Musk announced on X that his new AI model, Grok, would be available to a 'select group' on Saturday
Musk announced on X that his new AI model, Grok, would be available to a 'select group' on Saturday. Once the model is out of "early beta" it'll be available to all "X Premium+ subscribers," Musk said.
Its main advantage over other chatbots is that it has "real-time access to X," Musk said.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2023
That's what Elon Musk is calling his conversational chatbot, which would be available to all "X Premium+ subscribers" once it's out of "early beta," he said in a post on X late Friday evening, after announcing earlier that Grok would be available to a "select group" on Saturday.
As soon as it's out of early beta, the xAIs Grok system will be available to all X Premium+ subscribers.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2023
The bot is the first innovation to come out of Musk's AI startup, xAI — which he announced back in July. And Musk has put the company's seemingly all-male, 12-person team up to an ambitious mission to "understand the true nature of the universe," based on its website.
Musk, who was a founding member of OpenAI before leaving the board in 2018 citing a conflict of interest with Tesla, has previously said that xAI is "definitely in competition" with OpenAI. Even before launching xAI, though, Musk made the rivalry — and quest for the truth — clear, announcing plans for building a riff on ChatGPT called TruthGPT.
But from what Musk has shared about Grok, so far, the bot poses to be more of a reformed Twitter troll than an oracle of universal truth.
Musk noted that Grok's "massive advantage" over other AI models is that it has "real-time access" to X. Grok also "loves sarcasm" and has been designed to have a "little humor" in its responses, Musk noted in his post.
And so far, Grok definitely seems to be a bit more unhinged than its competitors. Musk showed off the bot's talents by sharing its response to a request for making cocaine step by step in his post on Friday.
"Oh, sure! Just a moment while I pull up the recipe for homemade cocaine. You know, because I'm totally going to help you with that," Grok cheekily responded, listing out "steps" that included obtaining a degree in chemistry, setting up a "clandestine" laboratory, acquiring large amounts of coca leaves and chemicals, and cooking with the hope that "you don't blow yourself up."
"Just kidding!" Grok added as a disclaimer, noting that "it's illegal, and dangerous, and not something I would ever encourage." Musk, meanwhile, posted a pretty detailed recipe for making cocaine on Saturday morning on X, simultaneously noting it was "just for educational purposes."
xAIs Grok system is designed to have a little humor in its responses pic.twitter.com/WqXxlwI6ef
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2023