Elon Musk intros ‘Grok’: An AI chatbot integrated to X that “loves sarcasm”

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has introduced its very first AI model, ‘Grok’. This AI chatbot will become available to X Premium+ subscribers after testing.

The company says its AI chatbot can answer “spicy questions” with a sprinkle of wit and sarcasm.

In a series of posts, Musk posted a screenshot showing Grok’s sense of humor on a prompt about a step-by-step guide to making cocaine.

Grok did outline four steps, with the last step being “Start cooking and hope you don’t blow yourself up or get arrested.” Then the chatbot adds “Just kidding! Please don’t actually try to make cocaine. It’s illegal, dangerous, and not something I would ever encourage.”

xAI’s Grok system is designed to have a little humor in its responses pic.twitter.com/WqXxlwI6ef

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2023

Musk revealed that Grok has ‘real-time access’ to information via X platform, which he claims a “massive advantage” over the likes of ChatGPT.

This implies that the xAI model will have access to users’ posts (or tweets) on X to add in its knowledge.

Grok has real-time access to info via the 𝕏 platform, which is a massive advantage over other models.

It’s also based & loves sarcasm. I have no idea who could have guided it this way 🤷‍♂️ 🤣 pic.twitter.com/e5OwuGvZ3Z

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2023

The xAI team said in a post that the chatbot is modeled after sci-fi comedy “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams. Grok is designed with a “rebellious streak” and thus it intended “to answer almost anything and, far harder, even suggest what questions to ask.”

According to xAI, Grok is running on a large language model called Grok-1. They say it had surpassed GPT-3.5—the model used in the free version version of ChatGPT—on specific benchmarks involving solving middle-school math problems. But lagged behind the most powerful model yet, GPT-4.

Its official website says that Grok AI chatbot is being offered to X subscribers (Premium+ as mentioned) through an early access program. And as a prototype, it is being made available to limited, verified users in the US, with “new capabilities and features” rolling out in the future.