Elon Musk Announces New AI Chatbot 'Grok' — And It's Already Giving Its Peers A Run For Their Money

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence enterprise, xAI, has released its inaugural AI model, the billionaire entrepreneur announced on X on Sunday. 

What Happened: The model Grok is not just another chatbot — it's a witty, sarcastic entity seamlessly integrated with the platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

Grok taps directly into X's live — a feature Musk claims gives it an edge over competitors that typically depend on static data sets.

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This integration, Musk suggests, could be a game-changer for AI-driven interactions on social platforms.

"It will also answer spicy questions that are rejected by most other AI systems," xAI announced on X. 

The generative AI sector, known for creating content that closely resembles human output, has seen a significant influx of investment, with billions funneled into the industry this year.

Despite being a recent entrant, xAI, with Musk's leadership and a team of employees who previously worked at Google DeepMind and Microsoft, has positioned Grok as a contender against established AI models from companies like Meta Platforms Inc. META and Alphabet Inc. GOOGL.

Even in Grok's infancy, Musk and xAI have claimed that Grok has demonstrated a proficiency that rivals that of Meta's LLaMA 2 and matches the performance of Anthropic's Claude model in academic testing, according to the Financial Times. 

xAI's announcement of Grok also highlighted Grok's adeptness at mathematical queries and logical reasoning, which are akin to the prowess of OpenAI's GPT-3.5.

According to the Financial Times report, the company's strategic use of Oracle Corporation's ORCL cloud computing resources, as noted by Larry Ellison, has been crucial in Grok's rapid development.

X users can test Grok as part of the platform's Premium+ service, which Musk announced in an X post on Saturday. 

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