Recently, X introduced a new feature in Grok that summarizes trending news stories, similar to Jeff Bezos and NVIDIA-backed Perplexity AI. However, Grok also writes headlines, which has led to controversy, such as a fake headline about Iran. Musk's push for Grok's expansion is seen as a move to compete with other chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude. This follows Musk's criticism and legal action against OpenAI. Last month, xAI open-sourced Grok, but questions remain about the latest version of the model and the company's transparency regarding its development and training data.
Key takeaways:
- Social network X is expanding access to xAI’s Grok chatbot to Premium tier subscribers, previously it was only available to Premium+ users.
- Grok, like other Large Language Models, shows labels indicating potential inaccuracies in its responses.
- The chatbot has a new feature where it summarizes trending news stories, and it also writes headlines, a step further than its competitors.
- Elon Musk, who has been critical of OpenAI, is likely aiming to make Grok a rival to other chatbot products such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, or Anthropic’s Claude.