AI expert says there is nothing 'particularly surprising' about Musk's 'Grok' bot

The billionaire also said xAI released its first AI model, a bot named Grok, after making it available to all X Premium+ subscribers on Friday.

The startup aims to create AI tools that 'assist humanity in its quest for understanding and knowledge.' Grok has been designed to answer questions with a bit of wit.

Subbarao Kambhampati, professor at the School of Computing and AI at Arizona State University, says that there isn't anything that is “particularly surprising” or new about Grok. However, while major AI models work diligently to filter out potentially offensive or harmful content, Musk has taken a different stance.

"There are a few examples that came out yesterday of people already having access. Basically show that you know, Grok is much happier to use basically expletives in its answers, etc., which, you know, OpenAI will never allow," Kambhampati said,

Regarding its wit, Kambhampati says bots like ChatGPT can do the same, but when prompted.

“Whereas you know, Elon is saying I'm not going to be your filter, you can do what you want with it,” Kambhampati said.