In an attempt to outdo ChatGPT, Elon Musk unveiled his own AI bot “Grok”, stating that it is already better than ChatGPT 3.5 on a number of criteria.
The first offering from Musk’s xAI firm, Grok, is currently undergoing testing with a small number of American users. According to the firm website, Grok is being built using data from Musk’s X, which was once Twitter, and as a result is more up to date on the newest advances than other bots using static datasets. According to the statement, it’s also intended to respond “with a bit of wit and has a rebellious streak.”
Musk was one of the signatories to a petition earlier this year that demanded a halt to the advancement of AI models to enable the creation of common safety guidelines.
The CEO of Tesla Inc. and the billionaire owner of X said on Sunday, “I signed that letter knowing it was futile.” “I just wanted to put my recommendation for a pause on record.”
While tech executives and academics discussed the perils of the technology at the U.K.’s AI Safety Summit last week, U.S. President Joe Biden just issued an executive order for AI oversight, aimed at defining standards for security and privacy protections.
According to the xAI statement, Grok is the result of two months of work and will be made available to all X Premium+ users once it has completed testing.
Musk has expressed his desire to transform X from a social network into a multipurpose app similar to Tencent Holding Ltd.’s WeChat in China. Grok would be a crucial component in creating that; although xAI is a different firm, it says it plans to collaborate closely with Tesla, X, and other companies.
