There is a cellular app for Grok rolling out from xAI on iOS. The standalone app marks a significant step in taking the bot past the confines of X (previously Twitter). Whereas it is nonetheless solely in beta testing in Australia and some different locations, Grok is clearly able to take its place amongst AI chatbot apps like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude.
The cellular app mimics the principle options of Grok and employs the identical Grok-2 AI mannequin. The app will rewrite and summarize textual content, reply questions, and create photos from textual content prompts. It may well entry real-time knowledge from the online and X as nicely. Grok was beforehand unique to paying X subscribers. However in November, xAI began testing a free model of the chatbot and rolling it out to all customers earlier this month. The corporate can also be engaged on a devoted web site, Grok.com, which guarantees to make the chatbot much more extensively out there.
Grok the image
One in every of Grok’s standout options is its image-generation functionality. xAI claims that Grok excels at “photorealistic rendering,” and in contrast to some opponents, it doesn’t impose strict limitations on what you may create. Grok may analyze photos uploaded by customers. Think about pointing your cellphone digicam at a plant and getting on the spot insights about its species or well being.
The usage of the picture generator is fascinating because the Flux AI picture creator, relied on by the chatbot on X, has a laid-back strategy to copyright and trademark. That has led to individuals getting in hassle for making photos of characters like Mario, with Nintendo’s copyright infringement hunter Tracer going after them for infringement. As an alternative, the Grok app could use Aurora, a picture mannequin that xAI very briefly launched earlier than it vanished once more.