Elon Musk has just presented the chatbot he developed to compete ChatGPTand who takes the name “Gork”.
The richest man in the world had a hard time in 2023 against ChatGPT, which he notably accused of being ideologically biased. Finding it too “woke”, he then decided to embark on the adventure of generative AI himself by recruiting a team, which was to give birth to an artificial intelligence more in line with his libertarian aspirations. And if some had forgotten these controversies, they could remember them today with the presentation of the AI in question.
An X-based AI
Who still remembers that X.com, then Twitter, had undergone extensive reading restrictions last July? At the time, Elon Musk said he wanted to fight the illegal use of his network data by generative AI developers. And for good reason, he seemed to want to keep this data for himself.
Indeed, the brand new chatbot that he has just presented, and which takes the name “Gork”, will have the specificity of being the only one to be connected directly to the data that accumulates on the platform. “ Grok has real-time access to information through the 𝕏 platform, which is a huge advantage over other models » he indicated.
Extra sarcasm and humor
According to Elon Musk, this AI should stand out from its competitors with a lighter character, adept at humor and sarcasm. Even to the point of being inclined to respond to more “sensitive” requests than a Bard or a ChatGPT? The billionaire did not give further details on these points.
But we can remember that the company responsible for creating this new AI, xAI, is only a few months old. We can therefore wonder whether, apart from a certain number of cosmetic changes, AI will really differ from other products currently on the market.
For those in any case who would like to test the famous Grok, know that “ As soon as it exits the beta phase, the xAI Grok system will be available to all X Premium+ subscribers. »A new way to encourage users of the platform to become subscribers?
Source : 20 minutes
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