On January 9, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, launched the app named Grok, which seems to catch up to Google, OpenAI, and other powerful rivals. This is present in the form of a chatbot on Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formally named Twitter) and as a standalone app that offers access to the company’s chatbot.
In December 2024, xAI launched the app in the beta version, which was only available in Australia. Now, the same beta version is available for iPhone and iPad users in the US, and with time, it is allowed for Android users to utilize it. However, the addition of more regions on the rolled-out scale is expected.
Grok Introduction
According to the different resources technical news, Grok is the generative AI tool integrated as a chatbot in the X app, and it will provide smooth and accurate conversation. Just like the other generative tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, it offers conversational input/output, generates images, provides text summarization, and other such features. Another feature that makes it up to the mark is the open source availability at the moment, so it is free for all users.
The xAI offers the web version of the Grok AI, so any user can access it at Grock.com even without an account on the X. This beta version is loaded with the same features as the iOS apps.
It seems like Grok is the addition to the list of AI apps like ChatGPT, Cluad, and Bard, as all of these are dedicated apps launched for iPhone users, but it is not all true. According to the experts, this is introduced as the rival of these apps because Grok has been shoehorned into the social media app X and therefore targets a great audience.
It’s a powerful app that has the power to share real-time information because it can access the information and data from the X app. Another feature that makes it different is its engaging and conversational tone that focuses on the user’s description and prompt.
Grok 2 Reviews
The xAI has recently launched the Grok 2 version, which is a bit different and more powerful than its predecessor, Grok 1. The latest version is more steerable and versatile and smoothly performs tasks such as answering questions, collaborating on writing issues or queries, and providing information about complex and technical tasks like coding. All these methods are faultless compared to many of Grok’s rivals.
The xAI says that they are working with the black forest lab and experiments to make a more powerful version. Another engaging feature of this chatbot is the availability of versatile modes like auto, visualization, and search so the users may manipulate the results and get the output according to their queries.
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What You Must Know About Grok?
Some key information the user must know before they move toward the Grok is that it is currently present in the beta version, so the user can’t enjoy all the features and may face any bug or inconsistent performance.
The free plan has some restrictions, such as the limit of the image generation in different categories. Although the Grok provides real-time information, the limitation of the complexity or the quality of content may affect the overall performance.
There might be some limitations in terms of language support or for the availability of regional availability, so the users may experience that Grok works better in the English language or in some particular regions.
In addition to this, this chatbot has the feature of Temporary Mode that, once activated, shows the notification, and then the chat doesn’t appear in the history or is not utilized for the training purpose of the model. The limit for this feature is 30 days once activated, and the user may access it through the Ghost icon located in the upper right corner of the screen. Moreover, the customization for the themes, such as light, dark, or system, makes the app easier and more contented for the users.
Grok in X
Grok is significantly changing the user experience of X and works as a personal assistant, as we see in the different other apps. The chatbot engages a large audience because of its natural and conversational interactions and allows the users to interact with the AI for a greater variety of tasks other than tweeting, such as gathering insightful information, clarifying thoughts and ideas, creating the content for the posting and other purposes on X, and much more.
Grok Reviews
With the launch of the Grok app, the internet is filled with reviews and personal experience information. The experts are now checking Grok in different ways, utilizing the free or premium accounts, and discussing it through their perspectives.
- The text response of the Grok is accurate and substantially similar to the Perplexity (considered as the mashup of ChatGPT and Google). The main reason behind this review is maybe its representation of the source material in the link format. However, getting the data from the X post is its unique feature, which is the plus and negative points of the Grok.
- According to the users, the Grok wins the race for image recognition capability and is jaw-opening. The remarkable detail of the colors, foreground focus, background blur, and image enhancement have excelled in the hyper-realism image generation.
- The Grok Aurora is the autoregressive image generation model of this chatbot designed for the next pixel or the element in the sequence and is considered to paint the generative image single step in time. This is not the free version but has a fee of $8 per month. The good thing is that both the versions (free and premium) show satisfying outputs that are difficult to beat by other AI generators till now.
Summary
Elon Musk has launched the Grok app through its platform xAI, which can be used as the chatbot in the X platform or is also presented as a standalone app. Till now, it is presented in the beta version for iOS and Android users and is in its training process. The performance and accuracy of this generative AI feature are being tested in different ways, but users are expecting a more interactive and tailored experience with the versatile Grok chatbot in the X.
