AI activist Rowan Cheung, who regularly shares updates from the AI space, has spread the word about a new Grok AI update implemented by the social media platform’s owner, Elon Musk.
AI activist Rowan Cheung, who regularly shares updates from the AI space, has spread the word about a new Grok AI update implemented by the social media platform’s owner, Elon Musk.
In a recent tweet, Cheung stated that a new feature called “Stories” has been implemented in X. It is connected to the Grok AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s latest startup, xAI.
The new feature will allow X users to access accurate, real-time information summarized by Grok. So far, it is only accessible to those users who are subscribed to the X Premium feature on the web and iOS platform.
Elon Musk releases Grok 1.5 update
In late March, Musk announced the upcoming release of a new iteration of the Grok AI bot called Grok 1.5.
Musk later revealed that the new version of his AI product will focus on processing visual information, including documents, diagrams, charts, photos, screenshots, and more.
Grok 1.5 will use a powerful module to process images and improve your understanding of real-world events and processes. This module will be called RealWorldQA. Furthermore, in his previous statements, Musk promised that the new version of the chatbot will be able to read and summarize multiple X posts and will be trained to help users create posts consisting of not only text but also images.
The recent xAI report also claims that Grok has so far outperformed its main rivals: OpenAI’s ChatGPT and others. Grok is currently much cheaper as X users only have to pay for the X Premium subscription to access it. The monthly fee constitutes $8, while the subscription to ChatGPT-4 costs $20, making accessing ChatGPT 60% more expensive than Grok.
Elon Musk opposes OpenAI’s approach to AI
In early 2023, Musk accused ChatGPT of being woke, that is, avoiding discussing acute social issues with users such as sex, religion, politics, and gender. Musk decided to create his own AI product to oppose OpenAI. Later, other tech giants started building AI robots, which followed in OpenAI’s footsteps.
In a recent interview, Musk suggested that AI should be trained to be as truthful as possible, as this is vitally important for the future of humanity.
