Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has recently launched a new AI model like GPT-3. The name of this new AI is Grok, and it has been introduced as a competitor of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. However, with this launch, some legal issues and controversies have also arisen, which can affect the future of this new technology and its development.
Introduction of xAI
Elon Musk, who is the CEO of companies like SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter, has recently founded a new company called XAI. The purpose of this company is to make AI technology more advanced and useful. xAI recently launched its first AI model, xAI. Grok, which is an advanced language model like GPT-4.
The model is now available via API, allowing developers and companies to add it to their apps and services.
Grok 3, which was launched several months ago, is pitted against models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini. It can analyze images and answer questions. Many of its features are also active on Musk’s social media platform X (which acquired xAI in March).
There are two versions available on the API: Grok 3 and its lighter version, Grok 3 Mini. Both have advanced reasoning capabilities.
- Grok 3 costs $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens.
- Grok 3 Mini is cheaper—$0.30 for input and $0.50 for output.
However, Grok 3 is priced higher than other models. It is close to Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet but more expensive than Google Gemini 2.5 Pro, which has proven better in performance tests. In addition, some users have questioned xAI’s claims – such as the model was claimed to be able to process 1 million tokens at a time, but currently its limit is around 131,000 tokens.
What is special about Grok AI?
Grow’s AI is an advanced language model, which is capable of understanding and generating natural language. This model helps useful people to generate text according to their needs, answer questions, and do many other tasks.
Elon Musk plans to introduce Grok’s AI as an alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Legal Issues and Controversies
However, billionaire Elon Musk has been counter-sued by OpenAI; his AI company xAI is moving ahead by making its flagship model, Grok 3, available via API. There have been some legal disputes between OpenAI and xAI, which include intellectual property rights and technical competition.
It will be interesting to see in the future how this competition between xAI and OpenAI develops. Both companies are working towards touching new heights in the field of AI, and the users will ultimately benefit from this competition.
