Musk Startup xAI Launches App Offering Access to Grok Chatbot

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI launched a standalone consumer app called Grok which provides access to company information chatbot of the same name.

Grok Beta for iOS offers free access to the latest xAI model, Grok 2, according to its description in the App store.

“Grok is an AI-powered assistant, developed by xAI, designed to be as truthful and useful as possible. And curious,” the description says. “Get answers to all your questions, generate stunning images, and upload images to better understand your world.”

The main features of the application include image generation; real-time insights powered by its access to current data from the web and Musk’s social media platform, X; an “engaging and humorous” conversational tone; and a focus on privacy, according to the description.

The chatbot was previously only available through X, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (January 9). The new app is available for free and does not appear to offer a subscription option, according to the report. Its description in the Apple App Store suggested that the product was in beta and released in the United States.

The launch of the Grok app follows the December launch of a free version of the Grok app. chatbot for all users on X, as reported by PYMNTS Dec. 15.

“Over the past few weeks, we have been quietly testing a new version of the Grok-2 model, which is three times faster and offers improved accuracy, instruction tracking And multilingual capabilities,” xAI wrote in a Dec. 12 statement. blog post.

The post adds that while the new version is available for free to all users on X, Premium and Premium+ users get higher usage limits and first access to all new features.

On December 23, xAI announced that it had raised $6 billion in a Series C funding round to support its development of advanced solutions. AI Systems.

“The funds from this round of funding will be be used to accelerate further our advanced infrastructure, ship revolutionary products that will be used by billions of people, and accelerate the research and development of future technologies that enable the company to understand the true nature of the universe,” xAI said in a statement on 23 December. blog post.