Wednesday, March 27, 2024

"Elon Musk Says Grok AI Will Be Available to All Premium Subscribers on X ‘Later This Week’"

Which, adjusting for Mr. Musk's optimism, could mean "as late as the end of April."

From New Delhi's Gadgets 360, March 27:

Elon Musk Says Grok AI Will Be Available to All Premium Subscribers on X ‘Later This Week’
So far, xAI’s chatbot Grok was only available to the Premium+ subscribers of X (formerly known as Twitter).

Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), announced on Wednesday that Grok AI, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot made by xAI, will be made available to all Premium subscribers of the platform. The move comes just days after the billionaire made its large language model (LLM) Grok-1 available in open source. So far, the AI chatbot was only bundled with the most expensive subscription plan Premium+, but now it is being added to the Premium tier as well. The Basic tier will still not be able to access Grok AI.

Musk made the announcement via a post on X where he said, “Later this week, Grok will be enabled for all premium subscribers (not just premium+).” While he did not specify the exact date when this will be rolled out, it is believed to be made available before April. Currently, the chatbot is available in 48 countries including India, and all of the regions are likely to get the expansion of Grok to the Premium tier....

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