Prime Highlights:
xAI launches stand-alone Grok app for iOS, offering free access to its Grok 2 chatbot.
The app features image generation, real-time information from X, and a focus on privacy.
Key Background:
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI has unveiled a new stand-alone app called Grok, offering access to its advanced chatbot model of the same name. Available for iOS users, the Grok Beta app provides free access to Grok 2, the latest iteration of the AI model, which is designed to be highly truthful, useful, and inquisitive.
According to the app’s description in the Apple App Store, Grok is an AI-powered assistant that allows users to obtain answers to their questions, generate compelling images, and upload pictures for enhanced understanding. The app also boasts real-time information integration, leveraging live data from the web and Musk’s social media platform, X. The chatbot features an engaging, humorous conversational tone while prioritizing user privacy.
Previously, Grok was exclusively available through the X platform, but with this new release, the app is now available as a stand-alone product in the U.S. Its free availability, without a subscription option, marks a significant step in expanding access to the chatbot, which was already integrated into X for Premium and Premium+ users with higher usage limits and exclusive access to new features.
The launch of Grok follows the introduction of a free version of the Grok chatbot for all X users in December. xAI has also made notable improvements with Grok 2, offering enhanced speed, accuracy, and multilingual capabilities. The company’s rapid progress in AI development was further demonstrated by its successful $6 billion Series C funding round in December, which will support the company’s mission to advance AI systems and research groundbreaking products. With these moves, xAI continues its commitment to making cutting-edge AI tools accessible to millions while advancing its technological research to push the boundaries of AI and understand the universe’s true nature.
