The communication revolution is underway: Grok, the chatbot based on Elon Musk's Project X, is preparing to conquer iPhone users through a dedicated application.
Tl;dr
- Grok, xAI's chatbot, becomes autonomous with an application and a site.
- Grok is now free and integrated deeper into the X platform.
- The Grok app is only available in Australia and a few countries at the moment.
The Grok Chatbot takes flight
The world of technology is preparing to welcome a new independent player on the chatbot scene. Grok, developed by the company xAI, owned by the famous entrepreneur Elon Musk, is preparing to stand on its own two feet. After being exclusively available to X account holders, Grok is emancipating itself with the launch of a dedicated application for iPhone and its own website, grok.com.
A new strategy to attract a wider audience
This transition to autonomy comes with a more aggressive business strategy to compete with industry leaders such as Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude. In fact, the chatbot will now be available for free to all userswithout the need to have an
Significantly improved performance
Since its launch late last year, Grok has come a long way. Although it initially lagged behind models like Google Gemini, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and Anthropic's Claude, the xAI team worked hard to close the gap. Grok's text and code responses are now on par with top modelsand the chatbot is even capable of analyzing and generating images. A comparative test against Google Gemini's Imagen 3 revealed a very satisfactory level of realism for Grok.
Next step: international deployment
Currently, the Grok app is only available in Australia and a handful of other countries. However, after this preliminary testing phase, it is very likely that Grok will be accessible everywhere in the world soon. Once the app is available, users will have access to all of Grok's features on X, including real-time data from the web and the Grok with an X.com account or Google login.
Tech
