AI Startup Roundup: Musk’s XAI Unveils Plan to Open Source Grok Model

Additionally, AI-powered platforms catering to emergency services and AI tools tailored for dentists are making headlines. Notably, Grok, the startup founded by Elon Musk and aiming to compete with OpenAI, is transitioning to an open-source model. Grok, the model unveiled by XAI last November, will officially be launched this week, as announced by Musk on Twitter.

Grok is a chatbot to challenge ChatGPT, though it boasts fewer filters and an added flair of wit and sarcasm. It took the team behind it just four months to build, having leveraged a PromptIDE, an in-house toolkit that enables test prompts to be refined at scale.

Previously, Grok was only accessible via an early access program – which was limited to Premium+ subscribers. By taking it open source, businesses and individuals could access Grok and use it to power their own applications.

The move comes after Musk sued OpenAI over claims its deal with Microsoft breached the startup’s founding agreement to remain an AI research nonprofit.

OpenAI has since rebuffed Musk’s suit, publishing a series of emails showing that he supported their for-profit pivot and agreed some science cannot be shared.

One user responding to his tweet said OpenAI should make their models open source, to which Musk replied: “OpenAI is a lie.”

Source : Aibusiness