Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has announced a new version of their AI called Grok-1.5V. This new AI can understand both text and images. It’s a big step forward for the company.
Grok-1.5V is special because it can do many things with images. It can look at documents, diagrams, charts, screenshots, and photos. This means it can understand information in different forms, not just written words.
The company says Grok-1.5V is very good at understanding the real world. They tested it against other top AI systems. Grok did well in many areas. It was especially good at understanding real-world spaces and objects.
xAI created a new test called RealWorldQA. This test checks how well AI can understand real-world situations from images. Grok-1.5V scored 68.7% on this test. This was better than other well-known AIs like GPT-4V and Gemini Pro 1.5.
Grok-1.5V can do many tasks. It can answer questions about multi-discipline topics, math, diagrams, and charts. It’s also good at reading text in images and understanding documents.
One cool thing Grok-1.5V can do is turn diagrams into computer code. If you show it a flowchart, it can write a computer program that follows the chart’s steps. This could be very helpful for programmers and students learning to code.
The AI is not available to everyone yet. xAI says it will first be given to early testers and people who already use Grok. They haven’t said when it will be ready for more people to use.
Grok-1.5V is part of a bigger plan. xAI wants to make AI that can understand our world better. They think this is important for creating helpful AI assistants in the future.
The company says they’re not done improving Grok. In the coming months, they plan to make it even better. They want to improve how it understands and creates different types of information. This includes working with images, sound, and video.
Grok-1.5V is different from the first version of Grok in some important ways. The original Grok was mainly focused on understanding and creating text. It could answer questions and have conversations. It was known for being able to talk about current events because it could access information from X (formerly Twitter).
The new Grok-1.5V keeps all these text abilities but adds the power to work with images. This makes it more versatile and able to help with more types of tasks.
One interesting feature of Grok is that it has two modes: Regular Mode and Fun Mode. In Fun Mode, Grok tries to be more entertaining. It might use humor or even be a bit sarcastic. This makes talking to Grok more fun for some users.
Grok is part of a subscription service. People who pay for a Premium+ subscription to X can use Grok. This is different from some other AI chatbots that are free to use.
The team behind Grok used some special technology to create it. They used a system called Kubernetes, a framework called JAX, and a programming language called Rust. These tools helped them make Grok faster and more efficiently than some other chatbots.
Grok can do many useful things. It can help write emails, find mistakes in computer code, and come up with new ideas. It does all this using human-like language, which makes it easy for people to understand and use.
The creators of Grok say it’s different from other AI because it’s more willing to try different tasks. They believe it will say “yes” to more jobs that users give it.
Grok also has some handy features in how it works. Users can ask it several questions at once and switch between the answers. When Grok writes computer code, users can open it directly in a code editor. Text answers can be saved in a special kind of file for later use.
xAI, the company that made Grok, was started by Elon Musk. He wanted to create an AI that could compete with other well-known AI systems. Musk has said that he thinks Grok can show new possibilities in AI technology.
As AI technology keeps improving, tools like Grok-1.5V are opening up new ways for people to interact with computers. Being able to understand both text and images is a big step. It means the AI can help with more complex tasks and understand more about our world.
The team at xAI is excited about the future of Grok. They’re working hard to make it even better. They want Grok to be a helpful tool that can understand and assist with many different tasks.
As Grok and other AI systems continue to develop, they may change how we work, learn, and solve problems. It’s an exciting time in the world of artificial intelligence, and Grok-1.5V is part of this ongoing progress.