xAI Launches Standalone iOS App for Grok Chatbot

xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, is testing a standalone iOS app for its Grok chatbot, expanding its availability beyond X users.

Elon Musk’s AI venture, xAI, is shaking things up with a shiny new iOS app for Grok—its chatbot that used to be an exclusive club for X users. Now, if you’re in Australia or a handful of other lucky spots, you can take Grok for a spin in beta. This isn’t your average chatbot; it’s like having a Swiss Army knife for the digital age. Need to rewrite some text, boil down a novel into a tweet, or conjure images from thin air with just words? Grok’s got your back, pulling real-time data from the web and X to make it happen.

Here’s the pitch straight from the app’s listing: “Grok is your AI sidekick, built to be brutally honest, endlessly helpful, and just a tad nosy. Ask it anything, watch it whip up visuals that’ll make your jaw drop, or feed it a photo to unlock secrets you didn’t even know were there.” Sounds like something out of a sci-fi flick, right?

And there’s more—xAI isn’t stopping at an app. They’re rolling out the red carpet with Grok.com, a dedicated web portal. Right now, it’s just teasing us with a “coming soon” sign (and an xAI account to peek behind the curtain). Remember when Grok was a VIP feature for X’s paying crowd? Those days are gone. A free version hit the scene in November, and by this month, it’s party time for everyone.

But here’s the kicker: Grok’s image generator is playing in the big leagues, boasting “photorealistic rendering” that doesn’t shy away from public figures or copyrighted material. No kid gloves here—just unfiltered creativity. Whether that’s a good thing or a Pandora’s box? Well, that’s another story.