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Grok Now Available as Standalone App in the US

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Grok, the AI chatbot built into the X (Twitter) social network, is now available as a standalone app in the United States. X owner Elon Musk rolled out Grok in 2023 after developing it under his xAI company, and it has been described as a chatbot that's more casual and "funny" than other chatbots like ChatGPT.

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The Grok app description says that Grok is "designed to be maximally truthful, useful, and curious."

xAI has been beta testing Grok as a standalone iOS app in Australia since December, and the app is now expanding to additional countries. Grok will also be available as a web app.

The Grok app features Grok 2, the latest version of the Grok chatbot. App capabilities include image generation and up-to-date information for queries using current X and web data, with xAI suggesting that it is useful for creating images, improving writing, and studying. Grok can be downloaded from the App Store for iPhone and iPad. [Direct Link]

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rvd818 said:
Mmhmmm…. To call AI truthful is a stretch, especially one from Musk. 😂

Still, I love to see competition. 👏
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Personally I'd like to see less competition if it means Musk is involved.
With people like him that like to let's say speculate on/buy government employees in multiple countries I'm in the mind that I wouldn't give him my money in anyway unless there was a significant detriment to doing so.
That means I'd choose more expensive car, slow/expensive internet as opposed to Starlink etc, etc......
There comes a time when you have to say, 'My principles are important enough that I will ignore the increased cost and inconvenience.
 
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MacRumors said:
Grok, the AI chatbot built into the X (Twitter) social network, is now available as a standalone app in the United States.
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I’m very surprised Apple approved this considering Phil Schiller had personal beef with Musk and wanted to nuke both Twitter and Tesla apps from App Store.

(Then again, board kinda forced him to approve the app, unless Musk does something so egregious that they are forced to ban him from Apple ecosystem for life.)
 
H2SO4 said:
Personally I'd like to see less competition if it means Musk is involved.
With people like him that like to let's say speculate on/buy government employees in multiple countries I'm in the mind that I wouldn't give him my money in anyway unless there was a significant detriment to doing so.
That means I'd choose more expensive car, slow/expensive internet as opposed to Starlink etc, etc......
There comes a time when you have to say, 'My principles are important enough that I will ignore the increased cost and inconvenience.
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I already banned Musk whatever he makes or involved into, America should do the same.

The guy is a security threat and so is Mark Zuckerberg, Google, TikTok and the like.
 
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I don't think 'funny' is a good goal to have regarding AI. Funny is tricky. Humans can't always agree on funny. Funny can very easily slip over the line into misunderstandings.
 
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