Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI has released a standalone consumer app called Grok that provides access to the company’s eponymous chatbot.
The Grok beta for iOS offers free access to xAI’s latest model, the Grok 2, according to the Apple App Store description.
“Grok is an AI-powered assistant, developed by xAI, designed to be maximally truthful, useful and curious,” the description said. “Get answers to any question, generate striking images, and upload pictures to gain a deeper understanding of your world.”
Key features of the app include image generation, accessing current data from the internet to provide real-time information, and Musk’s social media platform X. The description says the app has a “engaging and humorous” conversational tone and takes privacy seriously.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Jan. 9) that the chatbot had previously only been available via X. The new app is reportedly available for free and does not appear to offer a subscription option. Apple’s App Store description noted that the product is in beta and has been released in the United States. A free version of the chatbot was introduced for all X users in December ahead of the release of the Grok app, PYMNTS reported on Dec. 15.
“Over the past few weeks we have been quietly testing a new version of the Grok-2 model, which is three times faster and offers improved accuracy, instruction-following and multilingual capabilities,” xAI wrote in a Dec. 12 blog post.
The post further stated that the new version will be free for all X users, but Premium and Premium+ users will have higher usage limits and will have first access to all new features.
On December 23, xAI announced it had raised $6 billion in a Series C funding round to support the development of advanced AI systems.
“The funds from this financing round will be used to further accelerate our advanced infrastructure, ship groundbreaking products that will be used by billions of people, and accelerate the research and development of future technologies enabling the company’s mission to understand the true nature of the universe,” xAI said in a Dec. 23 blog post.
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