But how exactly does Grok compare to ChatGPT?
Elon Musk’s new ChatGPT rival, Grok, has officially launched just as the xAI founder promised last week – and the AI chatbot promises to be the „rebellious“ sidekick that will „answer spicy questions“ its rivals won’t.
Musk announced the xAI startup back in July and its Grok chatbot is a „very early beta product“ that’s currently invite-only in the US. But Musk has promised that the AI assistant will soon be a part of the X Premium Plus subscription, which costs $16 / £16 / AU$28 a month or $168 / £168 / AU$270 a year.
So what exactly will Grok do and how does it compare to its rivals? Like ChatGPT, it’s an LLM (large language model), so is designed to „answer almost anything“ (as xAI claims) and effectively be your research assistant on a variety of topics. According to Musk, it’ll be „built into the X app and be available as a standalone app.“
The main differences from ChatGPT appear to be Grok’s focus on humor and also that it gets „real-time knowledge of the world“ from X (formerly Twitter). The merits of using X as a source of information are highly questionable, but it appears that Grok will also have both „regular“ and „fun“ modes.
Still, Grok does appear to have aspirations beyond being a chatbot that knows all the latest memes.
