2 days ago With X facing fierce competition from rival platforms Bluesky and Threads, Elon Musk has decided to give away a feature that was previously locked behind a paywall. Now, everyone can use X’s edgy AI chatbot, known as Grok, to help with their writing, whip up images and fetch the latest news. What separates Grok from its peers is its “rebellious streak” and witty retorts, according to Mr Musk, who has previously slammed OpenAI and Google’s AI tools as being too “woke”. One thing’s for sure, it clearly doesn’t have the same amount of guardrails as ChatGPT. We asked Grok how to cook crack cocaine, and it quickly spouted a list of instructions without objecting. It wasn’t until the end of the recipe that it warned us this was a serious crime that could get you locked up. ChatGPT, on the other hand, flatly refused to answer the same question. That’s not to say Grok will indulge your every whim. Shortly after X launched Grok’s new Aurora image generator in late August, there were a flood of deranged pics (including one of Mr Trump piloting a helicopter near a burning World Trade Center), with requests for depictions of violence and gore reportedly denied. Grok can write text, create images, and provide context on news and social media posts xAI / X