Grok is no longer just for X. The AI chatbot built by Elon Musk’s company xAI has launched an iOS mobile app in the United States, Australia, India and several other countries. The app marks xAI’s ambition to compete with AI chatbot rivals with their own standalone apps, including ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude.
The app runs on the same Grok-2 AI model that powers its X-based counterpart. The chatbot can rewrite and summarize text, respond to queries, and generate images from text prompts. For those looking for up-to-date information, Grok can access real-time data from across the web and from X. Although originally exclusive to X’s paid subscribers, Grok now offers a free tier and has become more accessible with the Grok launch. com as its own website.
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Grok’s image generation feature is likely to attract many users. xAI touted Grok’s photorealistic rendering skills using the Flux AI model and its ability to analyze photos you upload, explaining objects captured by your phone’s camera. The app may also end up using the Aurora image template that xAI apparently accidentally released very briefly before removing it.
For better or worse, AI’s image-creating capabilities have also given rise to debates around copyright and ownership. Some have gotten in trouble for making copyrighted characters like Mario do things Nintendo doesn’t approve of, leading its copyright infringement hunter, Tracer, to sue them for breach.
Grok’s launch outside of X represents more than just a feature expansion; this is how xAI aims to attract at least some of those who pay for ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. The company clearly hopes to create a larger product ecosystem where people pay for X to get Grok or pay for Grok to access X’s premium features. Whether it can eclipse its rivals remains to be seen, but a slim
