Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has commenced the global launch of its generative AI chatbot, Grok AI, in India and 45 other nations. The extensive rollout encompasses countries such as Pakistan, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and more. This expansion of Grok AI follows Elon Musk’s recent announcement that his new AI chatbot will be exclusively available to Premium+ subscribers of X (formerly Twitter) in the United States.
Grok AI is powered by xAI’s exclusive large language model, Grok-0, and is further enhanced by real-time information from the X platform. This integration ensures that Grok AI remains up-to-date and relevant in terms of its knowledge. Unlike ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, Grok AI gathers information from a variety of public sources, including web content, books, and Wikipedia.
What sets Grok AI apart from its competitors is its unique inspiration from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, resulting in a chatbot with a “rebellious streak.” It answers questions with wit and fearlessly addresses “spicy” subjects that other AI systems tend to avoid. According to xAI, Grok AI is capable of answering spicy questions that are typically rejected by most other AI systems.
To utilize Grok AI in India, individuals must be Premium+ subscribers of XAI. If you are not currently subscribed, you can sign up for the service. In India, access to Grok AI requires a Premium+ subscription, which costs ?1,300 per month or ?13,600 per year.
After subscribing, you can utilize Grok AI by following these instructions:
- Firstly, go to the official Grok AI website at grok.x.ai.
- If you are located in a supported area, ensure that your X account is verified in order to join the waitlist.
- Next, click on the Grok icon.
- Proceed by following the prompts for subscription to successfully finish the procedure.
- Afterwards, access the Grok AI official portal and log in using your X credentials.
- Finally, sign in with your X account to begin utilizing the various features offered by Grok AI.
The creation of Grok AI was driven by the goal of assisting humanity in understanding and acquiring knowledge, as revealed by Musk. This advanced AI chatbot, developed by xAI, builds upon the earlier Grok-0 prototype, which had 33 billion parameters and showcased capabilities comparable to Meta’s LLaMA 2 with 70 billion parameters. In just four months, xAI developed the Grok-1 LLM to further enhance these abilities.
According to xAI, Grok AI outperforms ChatGPT and has demonstrated impressive performance metrics. It achieved 63.2% on the HumanEval coding task and 73% on MMLU, showcasing its strengths. Although it may not match the prowess of GPT-4, Grok-1’s capabilities have significantly improved compared to Grok-0 in a short period of time.
Furthermore, Grok-1 scored 62.9% on GSM8k, a benchmark for middle school math word problems, surpassing GPT-3.5 and LLaMA 2 in mathematical reasoning. However, it fell short of Palm 2, Claude 2, and GPT-4, indicating room for further improvement.
GrokAI has also demonstrated competitive performance in other benchmarks, including MMLU (multi-choice questions), HumanEval (Python code generation), and MATH (middle and high school math). This highlights its versatility and potential across various domains.