Tech Desk 
Dec 23, 2024
xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, is checking out a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, which was available only to X (formerly Twitter) users until now.
Currently, the app is live in Australia and a few countries in beta, can access real-time data from the web and X, along with providing generative artificial intelligence (AI) features, such as rewriting text, summarising long paragraphs, a little bit of Q&A, and can generate images from text prompts.
The listing mentioned: “Grok is an AI-powered assistant designed to be maximally truthful, useful, and curious. Get answers to any question, generate striking images, and upload pictures to gain a deeper understanding of your world.”
However, xAI is developing a dedicated site, Grok.com, to make the chatbot accessible on the web. Currently, the site says “coming soon” when you log in with an xAI account.
Notably, Grok was available only to X’s paying subscribers until recently. In November, the company started testing a free version of the chatbot and launched it to all users earlier this month.
The company says its chatbot’s image generator model excels at “photorealistic rendering,” and doesn’t apply major restrictions on its image-generation capabilities, letting users generate images using pictures of public figures and copyrighted material.
