“Grok is coming to Tesla vehicles very soon. Next week at the latest,” Elon Musk acknowledged Thursday in a post on X. The EV model would meet up with the likes of Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen, which have already built-in ChatGPT into their automobiles as voice assistants.
The announcement follows a livestream late Wednesday that Musk held with xAI colleagues the place the billionaire unveiled Grok 4, the most recent AI mannequin from xAI, his multibillion-dollar initiative to rival OpenAI and Google.
The timing for each bulletins is unlucky for an embattled Musk. Over the previous few days, a model of Grok constructed into Musk’s X social media platform praised Adolf Hitler and supplied antisemitic responses to a number of prompts from X customers. On Wednesday, X CEO Linda Yaccarino stated she was leaving the corporate with out elaborating on her reasoning or plans.
It stays to be seen whether or not Musk could make good on his promise of getting Grok-powered Telsas roaming the streets so quickly after his declaration, particularly as he has had a lot bother delivering on previous assurances.
Mercedes-Benz was one of many earliest adopters of LLMs in its vehicles, integrating ChatGPT into the voice management of its automobiles final yr by means of the MBUX Voice Assistant’s “Hey Mercedes” characteristic. Then it deployed a “general knowledge” operate utilizing OpenAI’s large-language mannequin to tens of millions of automobiles.
In January, Mercedes introduced a brand new AI characteristic that noticed the German automaker launch a “conversational navigation” characteristic powered by Google Automotive AI Agent operating its Gemini chatbot. The improve permits far more conversational queries, shifting from “Find me the nearest curry house” to questions reminiscent of “Hey Mercedes, I’m a little hungry. Any suggestions for dinner in Austin?”
It is unknown how conversational Grok can be in Musk’s Teslas. Luckily, in response to the chatbot’s antisemitic tirade, xAI stated on Tuesday that it will be implementing initiatives that may “ban hate speech before Grok posts on X.” This can hopefully imply Tesla house owners will not be subjected to Nazi doctrine from their trustworthy electrical trip when asking if there is a respectable brisket obtainable close by.
It is also unclear if Tesla house owners should pay for Grok entry of their EVs, or how a lot it may cost a little. Whereas the model of the chatbot on X is free, customers should pay entry $30 a month for Grok 4 by means of the Grok web site or app. And entry to a extra succesful model generally known as Grok 4 Heavy will value significantly extra, $300 monthly.
After all, ought to Tesla house owners not want to use Musk’s Grok of their Teslas they may produce other in-car choices, due to the model’s internet browser. This enables entry to Grok rivals reminiscent of Anthropic’s Claude in addition to doubtlessly Open AI’s own browser, which is also out within the wild inside weeks.
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