No one, within the technology sector, wants to be left out of the artificial intelligence race. Everyone is developing their own solutions and of course, Elon Musk was not going to be left out. His social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is already deploying its own AI technology, which has been named Grok.
Twitter is a social network that has many internal problems. The biggest problem is the existence of enormous numbers of bots that allow all kinds of hoaxes and misinformation to come to life. One of the mechanisms to solve the problem would be the introduction of its own AI.
How to use Grok, Twitter’s AI
It has become fashionable for all technology companies to have their own artificial intelligence. ChatGPT has been a pioneer, but now it is being imitated by everyone. Google has Gemini, Facebook (Meta) has Llama 3 or Microsoft, which has Copilot, which is based on ChatGPT.
Elon Musk also wants his own artificial intelligence that he has named xAI, although the application is called Grok. One of the characteristics of this solution is being open source, something that allows any user to integrate it into their own projects.
Currently, Grok is in the beta phase of deployment within the X social network as a complement accessible to everyone. Its functions, at the moment, are quite limited within the social network. Just add a panel on the right called “Explore” to see what the hottest topics of the moment are. Note that this new function is only accessible to the browser version.
If we access any of these topics, which are the most commented on the social network, a summary appears. The summary is made by Grok and helps the user quickly understand what is being talked about. Next, it appears to compile a collection of messages within the social network regarding this topic. It seems that you prioritize official sources or relevant people.
Say that the brief description of the hot topic at that time appears in English. Grok at the moment only seems to be able to express himself and understand this language. Like the rest of AI, it will add other languages little by little.
The new “Explore” feature is not accessible to all users, as it appears to be rolling out gradually. What’s more, some members of the team saw it yesterday, but it doesn’t appear today. It could be because the integration is not total and can appear and disappear depending on the moment.
Although the “Explore” feature is open and accessible to everyone, the future seems to be different from this. Surely this option will continue to be available at no cost to the user, but the full version of Grok will be paid. What’s more, we already know that only those who pay for the Premium+ subscription within social network X will be able to interact with it.
You have to know that Premium+ has a monthly cost of 16 euros or only an annual fee of 168 euros. Only those users who pay this amount will be able to access all the functions of this AI within the social network. We imagine that its open source version will have features cut, since otherwise what would be the point of paying?
