Elon Musk announces plans to open source AI chatbot 'Grok' amidst lawsuit against OpenAI
Elon Musk has announced on X his intentions to make its AI chatbot, Grok, open source this very week. Grok, which competes directly with OpenAI's ChatGPT, boasts unique features such as the ability to access real-time data from the X social media platform.
Grok is driven by the Grok-1 large language model, outperforming ChatGPT-3.5 in performance but falling behind ChatGPT-4. It's also worth mentioning that the use of Grok requires a verified X platform account..
Musk's move to open source Grok comes amidst a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging a breach of their original agreement due to a partnership with Microsoft, straying from its nonprofit, open-source roots. The lawsuit demands OpenAI halt its profit-making ventures and return to its open-source beginnings. Musk's decision aligns with his objective of promoting open-source artificial general intelligence (AGI) "for the benefit of humanity"
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External links
- Elon Musk's Thread on X@elonmusk on X • Official source
- Billionaire Musk Pledges To Open-Source xAI’s GrokForbes
- Elon Musk takes another swing at OpenAI, makes xAI's Grok chatbot open-sourceReuters
- Elon Musk vows to make ChatGPT competitor Grok open sourceVentureBeat
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How is it Glok is able to bypass a lawsuit by going open source, but Citra and Yuzu didn't? This sounds like a cash grab, from Citra and Yuzu losing the battle to Glok winning the battle..
Citra and Yuzu lost the battle because their creators let Nintendo win.
oooooooooooooooooooh OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH okay that makes sense
I would be the last person to support Musk, but I at least appreciate his efforts to open source stuff. Before, the Twitter algorithm; now, the Grok chat bot.
He is a troll but sometimes act like if he is an altruist person or trying to, even criticizing things against the Elite. Which make to ask me "why he does that? And what hides?" Examples are going against OpenAI which he founded, criticizing Larry Page (CEO of Alphabet/Google) on AI, critizing v4xs, mocking some spaces missions like SpaceX Roadster or Starman, and so on.
He did not invented or created anything new (nor electric cars or rockets) only buy companies and exploit employees. But once thing for sure is that he is very famous and wants to be perceive as a "good person".
How dare you speak ill of him. Musk is an inspiration to us all. The wealthiest person on the planet. He is what we all aspire to be.
The richest person on Forbes, yes, but not in this world. You have seen so many memes with background music and a deep voice: "This is Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla. Elon is an inventor and a maverick entrepreneur, one of America's youngest billionaires".
He knows how to invest money, how to manipulate the market, how to buy things, and he is persistent in his ideas (creating false illusions and transhumanism), but he has not invented anything. Electric cars are old and Tesla has been bought. Even he said in an interview when asked "how are you so rich" and said "you just have to make a few phone calls".
People and media fan-girl a lot with him, I used to like him, now I know he occupies a character. But sometimes I like to hear what he thinks and I have to admit that not everything about him is bad, but he is an actor "Él on Mask".
Sorry if it wasn't clear that I was being sarcastic. I can't stand the guy.