Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI said this week it would open source its ChatGPT rival chatbot Grok, days after suing OpenAI and complaining that the Microsoft-backed startup had strayed from its open source roots. xAI launched Grok last year, which provides real-time access to information. The service is available to customers who pay for subscription X.
Musk helped found OpenAI
Musk helped found OpenAI as a counterweight to Google. In the lawsuit filed late last month, Musk allegedly claimed that OpenAI, which was supposed to make its technology available to the public for free, had become closed source and had shifted its focus to maximizing Microsoft’s profits. The promise of open source Grok in the near future means xAI will join a list of a number of growing firms, including Meta and French startup Mistral, that have released their chatbots’ code to the public.