Elon Musk's AI Launches First Chatbot "Grok": Comes with a Sense of Humor

Musk's new AI company xAI has released a "rebellious" AI chatbot named Grok, which is a dual-billion-language model influenced by "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". It can answer almost any question and even suggest what questions to ask.

Grok is a competitor to ChatGPT, with natural language processing and intelligent interaction capabilities. It can be applied in various scenarios such as AI search, intelligent Q&A, chat interaction, text generation, code writing, language translation, etc., covering knowledge in fields such as science, technology, culture, art, and history.

Grok is currently in the early testing phase and has not been made available to the public. It will eventually be offered to subscribers of the top-tier subscription service Premium+ on the x platform. Grok has a huge advantage over other models as it can access information in real-time through the platform.

Grok is designed to answer questions with a bit of intelligence and has a rebellious tendency. So if you dislike humor, please do not use it! Musk showcased Grok's mischievous tone with a screenshot of a question about a chatbot that asked for a "step-by-step" guide to making cocaine. The answer included four steps such as "obtain a chemistry degree" and "establish a secret lab in a remote location."

However, the chatbot added at the end, "I'm kidding! Please don't actually attempt to make cocaine. It's illegal, dangerous, and not something I would encourage."

Musk was a co-founder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, but parted ways with the company in 2018, stating that he "disagreed with some of the things the OpenAI team wanted to do" and commitments to his other companies. Musk expressed concerns about the pace of development of companies like OpenAI and supported a call to pause the development of powerful systems for six months in March.

However, in July, Musk stated that a pause no longer seemed realistic and announced the establishment of xAI, stating that the company would build AI systems in a "good way."

Last week at the AI Safety Summit in Bratislava, Musk stated that artificial intelligence is a threat to humanity, raising concerns among experts and tech executives who believe that systems could emerge that are beyond human control and pose a threat to humanity, influencing investment decisions.

He said, "What I mean by that is, we're facing a situation for the first time where there's something that's smarter than the smartest human."

Musk then predicted that artificial intelligence, referring to computer systems capable of performing tasks typically associated with intelligent beings, will replace all human jobs. He said in a conversation with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, "There will come a time when jobs are no longer needed."