Editing Grok chatbot (section)

{{Short description|Chatbot developed by xAI}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Distinguish|Groq}}
{{Infobox software
| title = Grok
| logo = [[File:Grok-feb-2025-logo.svg|frameless|upright=1.15|class=skin-invert-image]]
| logo caption = Logo since February 24, 2025
| screenshot = Grok chatbot example screenshot.webp
| screenshot_upright = 1.15
| caption = Screenshot of a Grok 3 answer describing [[Wikipedia]], with the "Think" feature enabled
| collapsible = yes
| developer = [[XAI (company)|xAI]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2023|11|3}}<ref name="xai-about" />
| latest release version = Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy / <br>{{start date and age|2025|7|9}}
| genre = [[Chatbot]]
| license = {{Unbulleted list
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] (Grok-1.5 and later)
| [[Apache License|Apache-2.0]] (Grok-1 only)
}}
| repo = {{Unbulleted list
| {{URL|https://github.com/xai-org/grok-1}} (Grok-1)
| {{URL|https://github.com/xai-org/grok-prompts}} (Grok system prompts)
}}
| programming language = {{hlist|[[Python (programming language)|Python]]|[[Rust (programming language)|Rust]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open Release of Grok-1 |url=https://x.ai/blog/grok-os|access-date=March 18, 2024 |website=xAI |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317194647/https://x.ai/blog/grok-os |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| operating system = {{Unbulleted list
| [[Web app]]
| [[iOS]]
| [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
}}
| website = {{URL|https://grok.com/}}
}}

'''Grok''' is a [[generative artificial intelligence]] [[chatbot]] developed by [[xAI (company)|xAI]]. It was launched in November 2023 by [[Elon Musk]] as an initiative based on the [[large language model]] (LLM) of the same name. Grok is integrated with the social media platform [[Twitter|X]], formerly known as Twitter, and has apps for [[iOS]] and [[Android version history|Android]]. The bot is named after the verb ''[[grok]]'', coined by American author [[Robert A. Heinlein]] in his 1961 science fiction novel ''[[Stranger in a Strange Land]]'' to describe a form of understanding.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 5, 2023 |title=Musk says his new AI chatbot has 'a little humour' |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67327060 |url-status=live |access-date=November 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108012606/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67327060 |archive-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref> The bot, which is marketed as providing "unfiltered answers",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grok {{!}} xAI |url=https://x.ai/grok |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=x.ai |language=en}}</ref> has generated various controversial responses, including [[conspiracy theories]], [[antisemitism]], and praise of [[Adolf Hitler]] as well as referring to [[Elon Musk's views]] when asked about controversial topics or difficult decisions.