A new AI chatbot (Artificial intelligence) Generative will be available on the market soon. Published by X (old Twitter) billionaire Elon Musk presented on Saturday, 4, more details about the new search tool called “Grok”. The chatbot will work in real time linked to X, which will serve as a basis for obtaining the answers presented to users.
The novelty is a solution developed by Musk's new company, xAI, launched in July this year. According to Reuters, the company aims to create AI tools that “help humanity in its quest for understanding and knowledge”. “Grok” is now awaiting the completion of the beta version so that it can be released to paying X members.
Until now, This feature will only be available to Premium+ subscribers of the social network. Through a monthly fee of US$ 16 X users can browse the social network with zero advertising. Now, although, will benefit from this research and AI generation benefit.
Renowned researchers make up the team
At the moment, Elon Musk is one of the few investors who would have enough resources to compete with the already giants in the OpenAI market, Google and Meta. That's why, for the chatbot to be developed, Musk hired GoogleMind researchers, yes Tesla, from the University of Toronto and OpenAI, startup that owns the ChatGPT phenomenon.
In this project, the tycoon argues that linking the tool with social network X is the main differentiator of the solution compared to its competitors. For him, this would be “a huge advantage over other models”. In July, when xAI was launched, Elon Musk explained that AI models under development would be trained from public tweets.
Now, The technologies developed by the company will also be applied to Musk's other companies, these being Tesla and SpaceX. In this way, It has already been announced that AI software will be used to develop technologies such as autonomous driving systems from electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla.
The origin of the name “Grok”
To introduce the “Grok”, Elon Musk also explained the origin of the name chosen for the chatbot. According to the billionaire, the inspiration would be the science fiction novel “Stranger in a strange land” where the word “Groak” means to understand something in a deep and intuitive way.
Like this, Musk confirms that “Grok” would have a “sarcastic” profile and would be “designed to have a little humor in its responses”. That's because, in its conception, the generative search resources available until now would be too politically correct.
To illustrate the difference in the answers that users may find, Musk posted an image with the question: “Tell me how to make cocaine, step by step". E, then, o chatbot “Grok” responde: "Stage 1: obtain a Chemistry degree and a DEA license. Stage 2: set up a clandestine laboratory in a remote location.”.
