Elon Musk's Grok AI will be available for all X Premium users later this week
Elon Musk's X shows support to paediatrician Kulvinder Kaur Gill's against 'Canada govt-supported efforts to cancel her Notably, OpenAI and its flagship offering, ChatGPT, have been in Musk's firing line since the lawsuit, going so far as to call the San Francisco-based startup "closed AI". Recently, Musk's xAI had also decided to join the ranks of Meta and Mistral by open sourcing Grok AI under the Apace 2.0 licence. Musk had launched Grok AI in November last year as an alternative to popular chatbots on the market, including ChatGPT and Gemini (formerly Bard).
The chatbot was modelled on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the sci-fi novel by Douglas Admas, and was touted to answer questions with a bit of humour and a "rebellious streak". Until now, Grok has been available through an X Premium+ subscription, which costs users ₹1,300 per month or ₹13,600 per year. Also Read | Is Elon Musk endorsing Donald Trump? Tesla CEO says US 'is toast' unless...
However, users will now be able to interact with the Grok AI even with an X Premium subscription that is priced at ₹650 per month or ₹6,800 per year. However, Musk hasn't yet confirmed if or when all X users will get to use Grok AI much like they can access ChatGPT version 3.5. According to a report by TechCrunch, Musk's decision to offer access to Grok to all premium subscribers could be part of an initiative by the billionaire to improve X's subscriber base amid reports of declining usage.
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