Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is testing a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, which was only available to X users until now. The application, now live in many countries including the US, Australia, and India, can access real-time data from the web and X, and offers generative AI features like text rewriting, summarizing long paragraphs, multiple questions and queries. generate images from text prompts, too. “Grok is an AI-powered assistant designed to be honest, helpful, and inquisitive. Get answers to any question, create stunning images, and upload images to gain a deeper understanding of your world,” the listing says. xAI also prepared a special site, Grok.com, to make the chatbot accessible on the web. Currently, the site says “coming soon” when you sign in with your xAI account. Grok is only available to X paying customers so far. In November, the company began testing a free version of the chatbot, and rolled it out to all users earlier this month. The company says the chatbot’s image generator model excels at “photorealistic rendering,” and does not impose major restrictions on image creation capabilities, allowing users to create images using images of public figures and copyrighted material. The story has been updated to reflect that the Grok app has been launched in many countries in beta. TechCrunch has an AI-focused newsletter! Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Wednesday.
