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Rowan Cheung

@rowancheung

Nov 4, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X

🚨 BREAKING: Overnight, Elon Musk and xAI revealed their ChatGPT competitor, Grōk.

Here's everything we know so far:

Grok has real-time access to info on 𝕏.

This is a huge advantage over other models that can only access info based on the time they were trained.

Given that 𝕏 is the best place for breaking news, Grok could be huge for getting breaking news with clear and unbiased insight.

Unlike other chatbots, Grok has humor in its responses.

I suspect this move is geared towards Elon's vision of 'WokeGPT'.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1720645900471554146?s=20

As per Elon, Grok will be available to all X Premium+ subscribers once it's fully out of beta.

Definitely worth the upgrade.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1720645900471554146?s=20

More details on Grok (h/t @BrianRoemmele):

-25,000 char. context window
-Screen refresh response speed
-“Live” search engine focuses on X for context
-API, Image recognition, and Audio recognition is planned
-A version of Grok will run “native” in Tesla using local compute power

In my (completely biased) opinion, X/Twitter is the best platform in the world, especially for news and valuable insights.

If Grok "knows" anyone's X posts, it will be so intelligent, that it might just make every other chatbot sound dumb.

Grok is a serious ChatGPT competitor.

I'll be breaking down future updates and thoughts in my upcoming newsletter.

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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1720839331365929290?s=20

More info just came in:

Grok will only be available to X's new Premium Plus plan.

Even if you have a verified account right now, you have to upgrade.

(Prices in my screenshot are from iOS in CAD, it's cheaper if you use Web + USD)

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1720839331365929290?s=20

The full official announcement for Grok just dropped.

Scroll to the bottom and apply for early access ASAP (currently only available to limited users in the US).
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