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.
