xAI to release Grok app soon



It has been reported that

xAI , an AI company founded by Elon Musk, plans to release an app version of its AI chatbot 'Grok' in December 2024.

Inside Elon Musk's Quest to Beat OpenAI at Its Own Game - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/elon-musk-x-open-ai-03ff1ead

Elon Musk's AI company may release a consumer app | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/27/elon-musks-ai-company-may-release-a-consumer-app/

Elon Musk's xAI could release a standalone Grok app soon | Mashable
https://mashable.com/article/xai-standalone-app

Musk was one of the founders of OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, in 2015, but resigned as a director in 2018 after losing an internal battle.

It turns out that Elon Musk was planning to acquire ChatGPT developer OpenAI in 2018 - GIGAZINE



After that, we recruited developers to create a rival to ChatGPT, and with xAI we created 'Grok.'

Elon Musk announces ChatGPT rival AI 'Grok' - GIGAZINE



The standalone app version of 'Grok' can be used by individuals on their smartphones, etc.

Regarding the release date, news site The Wall Street Journal suggests that it will be 'after xAI's next funding round,' which is expected to be December 2024.

xAI's valuation has skyrocketed and doubled from six months ago, to $50 billion (approximately 7.58 trillion yen). The amount raised in this round is $5 billion (approximately 758 billion yen), bringing the total amount raised to date to approximately $11 billion (approximately 1.67 trillion yen).

Musk said, 'The only way to catch up with other companies that are ahead of us is to act quickly,' and reported that they are rushing to build an AI learning cluster consisting of 100,000

NVIDIA H100 units by July 2024.



This AI learning cluster, 'Colossus,' began operation in September 2024.

Elon Musk's AI company 'xAI' has started operating the AI learning cluster 'Colossus' equipped with 100,000 NVIDIA H100s, and is scheduled to complete an 'AI learning cluster equipped with 200,000 H100s' within a few months - GIGAZINE



'Grok' introduced in X is provided as a service for paid subscribers of X Premium and Premium Plus , but it is unclear whether the app version of 'Grok' will also be paid or free to use.

in Software,   Web Service, Posted by logc_nt