Elon Musk‘s AI startup, xAI, has released a new AI chatbot called Grok, to rival the growing popularity of Generative AI. Grok functions similarly to ChatGPT, answering questions posed by users based on information generated by a large language model.
However, it supposedly outperforms ChatGPT-3.5 in several academic tests, including math and coding.
Grok’s release comes after the success of OpenAI‘s ChatGPT, a project that Musk himself helped to found. With xAI now taking the lead, Grok is poised to not only answer user queries but also to ask its questions, inspired by the whimsical spirit of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”
xAI unveils Grok
Grok is powered by a new engine called Grok-1, which has real-time access to information via the X platform. To assess its capabilities, xAI conducted a series of evaluations using standard machine learning benchmarks designed to measure math and reasoning abilities.
Grok outperformed all other models in its compute class, including ChatGPT-3.5 and Inflection-1. It was only surpassed by models that were trained with a significantly larger amount of training data and compute resources, such as GPT-4.
In addition to these benchmarks, xAI also hand-graded Grok on the 2023 Hungarian national high school finals in mathematics. Grok passed the exam with a C (59%), while Claude-2 achieved the same grade (55%), and GPT-4 got a B with 68%.
“It will also answer spicy questions that are rejected by most other AI systems,” xAI said in a tweet. “Grok is designed to answer questions with a bit of wit and has a rebellious streak, so please don’t use it if you hate humor!”
xAI said that Grok is still a very early beta product, but it is improving rapidly by the week. The company is also working on implementing more safety measures to ensure that Grok is not used maliciously.
Grok will be available on X Premium Plus for $16 per month, but it is currently only offered to a limited number of users in the United States.
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