Elon Musk’s xai There are reportedly plans to launch a standalone app soon next month. xAI may be a latecomer to the artificial intelligence (AI) field, but it has made quick steps to bridge the gap. In the last two months, AI firms Issued launched a function-calling capability within its large language model (LLM), an application programming interface (API) for developers, and is reportedly testing a free version of AI models. And now, a report claims that the company is planning to take on OpenAI with apps like ChatGPT.
Elon Musk’s xAI will reportedly get a standalone app
wall street journal informed Musk aims to build Grok AI as an independent product. Citing people familiar with the matter, the publication claimed that xAI may soon launch a standalone chatbot app for Grok, similar to ChatGPT.
Currently, Grok AI can only be accessed through X (formerly known as Twitter) and is available to X Premium and Premium+ subscribers. Recently a report claimed that xAI is planning to release a free version of the AI model. A standalone app could be part of the same plan.
Plans for a new app with an API for developers point to Musk’s ambition to create new avenues of revenue generation through AI offerings. Notably, to entice developers, the company also announced Incentives in terms of free tokens. The plan seems to be about making Grok accessible to more people and making other software and apps available powered by its capabilities.
The WSJ report also claims that Musk’s larger objective is to rival OpenAI and offer its products and services as a viable alternative to every niche occupied by ChatGPIT. However, Grok lacks many features like native image creation, voice support and agentic AI capabilities, something major rivals such as Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and others are already offering.
Musk’s rivalry with OpenAI not newSpecifically, Musk filed a trial against OpenAI earlier this year for violating its contract to remain non-profit. Chatgpt-creator responded to the allegations, calling them “baseless and exaggerated”.
The report also notes that xAI has two significant advantages over other AI chatbots. First, Grok has been trained specifically on public posts on X, which means the chatbot can converse in more natural language and has access to more up-to-date information than other LLMs. Second, Musk is using Tesla to train the xAI model.
However, whether these benefits translate into user adoption and revenue generation can only be predicted in the future.