"Don't worry, no OpenAI code was used to make Grok," he added.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/xai-accused-using-openai-code-training-its-grok-ai-elon-musk-claps-back-1722109

Grok as per the company’s website “is designed to answer questions with a bit of wit and has a rebellious streak, so please don’t use it if you hate humor!”

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/us-calling-chat-gpt-presidential-debate-9022642/

Grok is an AI modeled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so intended to answer almost anything and, far harder, even suggest what questions to ask!

Source: https://www.thewrap.com/grok-elon-musk-x-ai-chatgpt-rival-twitter/

Grok 'is designed to have a little humor in its responses' and answers 'spicy questions that are rejected by other AI systems.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12714725/Elon-Musk-launches-sarcastic-AI-chatbot-Grok-Twitter-claims-answer-spicy-questions-rejected-ChatGPT.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Grok self-identifies as humorous, it pulls its information from tweets, and it’s still in its infancy, so it can’t really be considered the most useful or reliable AI out there.

Source: https://qz.com/emails/daily-brief/1851104319/ai-in-focus-pumping-the-brakes

He shared a side-by-side screenshot of Grok versus an existing AI chatbot to demonstrate his new model offers more up to date information, using a recent interview with Joe Rogan as an example.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/05/musk-unveils-funny-chatbot-grok-days-after-warning-of-ai-threat-19775880/

In several online interactions, Grok has expressed opinions aligning with progressivism, including supporting Biden over Trump, advocating for social justice, climate change action, and healthcare reforms.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/12/16/elon-musks-grok-ai-is-just-as-woke-as-other-chatbots/

OpenAI boss Sam Altman slammed Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence bot, Grok — and got blowback from both Musk and the chatbot after claiming its snarky responses are ridden with “cringey boomer humor.”

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/11/10/business/sam-altman-slams-elon-musks-grok-cringey-boomer-humor/

Sius said the name Grok is an industry term for when software engineers are “grokking” something, meaning they understand it.

Source: https://www.crn.com/news/channel-news/new-relic-to-launch-first-ai-observability-assistant-meet-grok