Grok is developed by xAI, a company in Elon Musk’s orbit. The model is trained using content from X, providing access to near real-time information. Despite X's value dropping 79% since Musk's acquisition, xAI has raised $6 billion and is raising more at a $45 billion valuation. Investors who funded Musk’s purchase of Twitter have been given access to the xAI fundraise as a chance to recoup their investment.
Key takeaways:
- X, formerly Twitter, is making its AI chatbot Grok free to some users, previously it was only available to Premium users.
- To be eligible to use the free tier of Grok, accounts need to be at least seven days old and have a linked phone number.
- Free users of Grok will be limited to asking ten questions every two hours on the Grok 2 model, or twenty questions using the Grok 2 mini model, and can analyze up to three images per day.
- Grok is developed by xAI, another company in Elon Musk’s orbit, and is seen as Musk’s hope in getting a return from his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.