Grok, the AI assistant that for some reason is built into X, is now available as a standalone application. Like the version that exists as a tab on the social media platform, the Grok app can be used to generate images, summarize text and answer questions, with a conversational tone that xAI, the creator of the AI assistant, describes it as “humorous and engaging”.
The app was first tested with a limited number of users in December 2024, around the same time X debuted. a free level of Grok it is accessible to everyone. Before this, you had to pay at least $8 per month for X Premium to have the privilege of using AI.
The limitations of this free access – 10 requests every two hours, three image analysis requests per day – may also apply to the Grok app. You can use the app without signing in, or sign in with an Apple account, an X account, a Google account or a simple email. It’s unclear whether an X Premium subscription gives you additional benefits in the Grok app in the same way as X.
Grok faced similar issues around precision And weird image generation choices like other AI assistants like Gemini And ChatGPT. The chatbot mainly stands out from its competitors because xAI launched it as being able to answer the “spicy questions” that other AI assistants avoid, and a version of the Grok AI model is open source. You’ll have to see for yourself how “spiky” the Grok app ultimately is, but at least you don’t need to go to X to use it now.
