Elon Musk Says xAI Chatbot Grok Is ‘The Best that Currently Exists’

Elon Musk made waves earlier with the establishment of his new venture, “xAI,” focusing on the advancement and research of artificial intelligence technology, and has proudly announced the inaugural creation from xAI: “Grok.”

Musk has accused ChatGPT of being a mouthpiece for the “woke” agenda and has criticized its creator, startup OpennAI, for being secretive and too cozy with its backer Microsoft.

Therefore, Musk’s new AI company, xAI, wants to position itself as an alternative to ChatGPT. The company’s goal is to “understand the true nature of the universe“.

Derived from the term meaning “to understand thoroughly and intuitively,” Grok is more than just an AI Assistant. It joins the league of similar technologies like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard assistant but with a twist – a humorous personality.

Elon Musk described Grok as an AI with real-time access to information through the 𝕏 platform, setting it apart from other models.

He humorously noted its penchant for sarcasm, playfully adding, “I have no idea who could have guided it this way.”

In a subsequent post on the X platform, Musk revealed that Grok would initially be available to recently added X Premium+ tier users after completing its early testing phase.

The @xAI Grok AI assistant will be provided as part of 𝕏 Premium+, so I recommend signing up for that.

Just $16/month via web. https://t.co/wEEIZNjEkp

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2023

The introduction of Grok signifies a leap forward in AI technology, combining knowledge and wit to offer users a new, engaging experience. As it undergoes testing and development, users eagerly anticipate the day they can engage with this unique and humor-inclined AI assistant.

The Musk-backed xAI project comes after AI has surged into the mainstream after OpenAI publicly launched ChatGPT last fall, a milestone that has led to billions of dollars of investment across tech giants like Microsoft and Google and soaking up a growing share of global investment and venture funding.

Musk announced the launch of xAI in July, explaining that the company is separate from X Corp but will work closely with Twitter, which Musk purchased for $44 billion in April 2022. In a Twitter Spaces session, Musk laid out the plan for the new AI start-up, including a focus on transparency and the value of honesty over biases.

“The overarching goal of xAI is to build a good [artificial general intelligence] with the overarching purpose of understanding the universe,” Musk said at the time. “The safest way to build an AI is to make one that is maximally curious and truth-seeking.”

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) refers to a kind of AI that can learn and perform any intellectual task a human can. Unlike specialized AI, which excels at one task, AGI has a broader understanding, much like a human brain. However, achieving AGI is a challenging and unfulfilled goal as of now.

Musk has been critical of the AI industry, particularly OpenAI, the company he co-founded with Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, John Schulman, and Wojciech Zaremba in December 2015. Musk resigned from OpenAI’s board in 2018 but reportedly invested $100 million in the company.

“I spent many years thinking about AI safety and worrying about AI safety. And I’ve been one of the strongest voices calling for AI regulation or oversight just to have some kind of oversight, some kind of referee,” Musk said. “So it’s not just up to companies to decide what they want to do. I think there’s also a lot to be done with AI safety.”

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