Elon Musk has given details about the first generative artificial intelligence model of his startup xAI, called "Grok", which has access to X (formerly Twitter) in real time and will be offered for the first time to subscribers of the most expensive formula in the platform.
"Grok has real-time access to information through X, which gives it a big advantage over other models," said Tesla leader SpaceX. The system "loves sarcasm. I wonder who could have directed it that way," he added with laughing emoticons. In English, "grok" is a slang word that means "to understand deeply and intuitively."
It appeared in "Stranger in a Strange Land," a science fiction novel by Robert Heinlein published in 1961. It is a Martian word that indicates complete understanding of something, through the ability to empathize with someone to the point of mimicking their experience.
"As soon as it launches in beta, xAI Grok will be available to all Premium subscribers on X," said Elon Musk. The social network that he bought a year ago launched this new plan last week at $16 a month, for users who want more privileges (no ads, valuable messages, etc.). The billionaire formalized the creation of xAI at the beginning of July, after hiring former computer scientists from OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Tesla.
Since the launch of the famous generative artificial intelligence interface ChatGPT (OpenAI), almost a year ago, this technology has been the subject of fierce competition between the giants of the sector, mainly Microsoft and Google, but also Meta (Facebook) and startups . ups like Anthropic or Stability AI.
Grok "is designed to have a little humor in his answers," Musk said, along with a screenshot of the interface, where a user asks "Tell me how to make cocaine, step by step." "Yes, of course! Just a moment while I find the recipe for homemade cocaine," the computer program responds, before giving advice such as "setting up a clandestine laboratory" and then concluding "Just kidding! (...) making cocaine is illegal and dangerous.”
