Elon Musk Criticizes OpenAI Again, Announces xAI’s Grok Chatbot as Open-Source

“This week, @xAI will open source Grok,” Elon Musk stated in a post on X, the social media company he owns, this week

Musk’s announcement that his AI startup xAI will make its ChatGPT competitor, Grok, open-source, shortly after suing OpenAI, a company he co-founded and later left, for shifting towards a profit-oriented approach.

Musk, who has frequently criticized big tech companies for prioritizing profit, suggests that making Grok open-source will allow public experimentation and propel innovation, positioning xAI alongside companies like Meta and Mistral with open-source AI models. This move comes amid debates on the implications of open-sourcing AI, including potential misuse, and follows Musk’s advocacy for regulatory oversight in AI development. Musk’s xAI, aiming to develop a truth-seeking AI, introduced Grok to Premium+ subscribers of X last December.