X's Grok AI assistant is now a standalone app<p>Grok, the AI assistant that's for some reason baked into X, is now available as <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/grok/id6670324846" data-original-link="
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/grok/id6670324846">a standalone app[/url]. Like the version that exists as a tab on the social media platform, the Grok app can be used to generate images, summarize text and answer questions, with a conversational tone xAI, the AI assistant's creator, calls "humorous and engaging."</p>
<p>The app was first tested with a limited set of users in December 2024, right around the same time X debuted <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/if-youre-really-bored-xs-grok-ai-chatbot-is-now-free-to-use-194715700.html" data-original-link="
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/if-youre-really-bored-xs-grok-ai-chatbot-is-now-free-to-use-194715700.html">a free tier of Grok[/url] that's available to anyone. Prior to that, you needed to pay at least $8 a month for X Premium to have the privilege of using the AI.</p>
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<p>The limitations of that free access — 10 requests every two hours, three image analysis request per day — may also apply to the Grok app. You can use the app without signing in, or sign-in with an Apple account, X account, Google account, or a plain old email. It's not clear whether an X Premium subscription gets you added benefits in the Grok app in the same way it does X.</p>
<p>Grok has struggled with similar issues <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/xs-grok-chatbot-is-misleading-voters-about-the-presidential-election-224839736.html">around accuracy[/url] and <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/14/musk-ai-chatbot-images-grok-x" data-original-link="
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/14/musk-ai-chatbot-images-grok-x">bizarre image generation choices[/url] as other AI assistants like <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.engadget.com/google-pauses-geminis-ability-to-generate-people-after-overcorrecting-for-diversity-in-historical-images-220303074.html" data-original-link="
https://www.engadget.com/google-pauses-geminis-ability-to-generate-people-after-overcorrecting-for-diversity-in-historical-images-220303074.html">Gemini[/url] and <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/21/24079047/chatgpt-malfunction-hallucination-responses-openai" data-original-link="
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/21/24079047/chatgpt-malfunction-hallucination-responses-openai">ChatGPT[/url]. The chatbot mainly stands out from its competitors because xAI <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://x.ai/blog/grok" data-original-link="
https://x.ai/blog/grok">pitched it[/url] as being able to answer "spicy questions" other AI assistants avoid, and a version of the Grok AI model <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:8;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.engadget.com/elon-musk-says-xai-will-open-source-its-grok-chatbot-this-week-141615678.html" data-original-link="
https://www.engadget.com/elon-musk-says-xai-will-open-source-its-grok-chatbot-this-week-141615678.html">is open source[/url]. You'll have to see for yourself how "spicy" the Grok app ultimately is, but at least you don't have to go to X to use it now.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/apps/xs-grok-ai-assistant-is-now-a-standalone-app-225151579.html?src=rssSource:
X's Grok AI assistant is now a standalone app
