Elon Musk’s Grok Represents a Serious Threat to ChatGPT

Musk’s new AI chatbot excels where some rivals lag: summarizing the news in real time.

The Grok logo on a laptop computer arranged in New York, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Elon Musk revealed his own artificial intelligence bot, dubbed Grok, claiming the prototype is already superior to ChatGPT 3.5 across several benchmarks.Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

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By Shirin Ghaffary

December 14, 2023 at 9:03 PM UTC

Hi! It’s Shirin in San Francisco. Elon Musk's new AI chatbot represents a bigger threat to ChatGPT than some might think. But first…

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