What is Grok? It is the name of a new Artificial Intelligence initiative that Elon Musk will make available to X users. It will be a paid service, with a subscription price of $16 per month and the owner of X aims to definitively dethrone ChatGPT through this tool.
La Grok beta version was recently presented, and takes the basic concepts of an artificial intelligence-based chatbot that will be compatible with the X experience. In addition, it will also be included natively in Musk's company's Tesla electric cars. To date, it is only available to a select group of Premium users, who will be responsible for testing and reporting problems and advantages of the technological initiative.
What is Grok and how it aims to dethrone ChatGPT
Since its conception, understanding what Grok is takes us to the world of artificial intelligence. It is a system that aims to directly rival ChatGPT and other conversation and translation platforms using artificial intelligence. Grok will be able to deliver responses in real time based on the information and data that are published in all X posts. It will also have skills for image recognition and generation, in a similar way to the DALL-E AI. At the moment, Elon Musk's company has not yet given details about the mechanisms for the selection and verification of the data that the system will occupy.
An artificial intelligence with a rebellious personality
From the official accounts of X They have described Grok as “an ingenious artificial intelligence with a rebellious personality.” This will be reflected mainly in the way in which he responds to the different concerns of each user. The goal is to be able to answer some questions that other Artificial Intelligence systems prefer to ignore.
To date, the Grok chatbot is in a very early stage of development. The tool has been training for just over two months, using the databases to configure different data that will then be used to respond to the user. With the introduction of the beta version, X developers hope to significantly accelerate AI learning. Currently, it works using a language model called Grok-1 that recognizes 33.000 billion different parameters. But the goal is even more ambitious.
How is Grok different from ChatGPT?
While the OpenAI app has a dedicated platform and mobile apps on iOS and Android, Grok will be integrated directly into X as a feature for Premium+ users. This is the most expensive version within the social network, and it is also the main difference with ChatGPT. It will not be necessary to enter a different app, but Grok will work within the same network.
In addition to Grok, the Premium+ subscription also eliminates any type of banner ads, allows for post editing, and full access to the creator suite. The fee is 16 dollars a month.
Another announcement that Elon Musk made about Grok is its incorporation into Tesla cars. Artificial intelligence will be included in the user interface to respond to different voice commands intuitively. The launch date has not yet been officially confirmed, but users can now sign up for a waiting list to test and have quick access to the chatbot.
Tesla's plans for Grok and artificial intelligence
Elon Musk begins to shape xAI, its initiative for the definitive incorporation and development of Artificial Intelligence in social networks. The xAI company was created in July 2023 with the aim of focusing efforts specifically on the development of AI systems. As an ultimate goal, Musk maintains that he wants to create a system “capable of understanding the true nature of the universe.” It will be necessary to see if progress is really made in that direction, taking the comments in X as sources of learning.
Also among the objectives is the development of TruthGPT, a project to overcome freedom of expression and security biases around OpenAI's ChatGPT. Musk has been very critical of OpenAI, maintaining that they have become a “closed-source, maximum-profit company, under the control of Microsoft.” This new episode in the war between Musk and Microsoft now moves to the world of artificial intelligence.
Possible risks of Grok
Until this moment, the Artificial Intelligence platforms They are prevented from generating sexually explicit, violent or illegal content. Furthermore, they avoid the expression of biases gathered by their training data. In this way, messages in favor of crimes, genocides and other controversial situations at a universal level are avoided. It is not clear what Grok is and whether it will have the freedom to generate all types of content without addressing these types of situations.
xAI's explanation of Grok is quite generic and there are still doubts about its scope. The developers have expressed that “we are creating Artificial Intelligence tools to benefit all humanity. We believe it is important to design AI resources that are useful to people of all backgrounds and political opinions. We also aim to empower our users through our smart products, in compliance with the law. Grok’s goal is to explore and demonstrate this approach in public.”
They also claimed to be working on reliable safeguards to prevent malicious use of Artificial Intelligence, and models capable of self-assessing reliability, asking humans for help if necessary. Thus, we continue to advance in the world of Artificial Intelligence and its regulations. Everything seems to indicate that it will be one of the topics of greatest interest in the coming months, but taking into account that it cannot be used in a discriminatory manner, or for the purposes of terrorism or manipulation.
It will be a matter of waiting and seeing the first repercussions of Grok in the world, and of this special X subscription that enables it. But we already know more about the path that Elon Musk's social network is taking.