Editing Grok chatbot (section)

=== Grok-2 ===
{{Infobox software
| name = Grok-2
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| developer = [[xAI (company)|xAI]]
| released = {{start date and age|2024|08|14}}
| qid = None
| replaces = Grok-1.5
| replaced_by = Grok 3
| genre = {{ indented plainlist |
*[[Multimodal learning|Multimodal]]
*[[Large language model]]
*[[Foundation model]]
}}
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{url|https://x.ai/blog/grok-2}}
}}

On  August 14, 2024, Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini were announced, with upgraded performance and reasoning, and [[text-to-image model|image generation]] capability using [[Flux (text-to-image model)|Flux]] by Black Forest Labs.<ref name="techcrunch">{{Cite web |last=Mehta |first=Ivan |date=August 14, 2024 |title=xAI releases Grok-2, adds image generation on X |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/13/xais-grok-can-now-generate-images-on-x/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=TechCrunch }}</ref> 

Grok-2 mini is a “small but capable sibling” of Grok-2 that “offers a balance between speed and answer quality”, according to xAI, and was released on the same day of the announcement.<ref name="verge-2024b">{{Cite web |last=Weatherbed |first=Jess |date=August 14, 2024 |title=xAI's new Grok-2 chatbots bring AI image generation to X |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220127/grok-ai-chatbot-beta-image-generation-x-xai-update |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=The Verge }}</ref> Grok-2 was released six days later, on August 20.<ref>{{cite web |last=@xDaily |first=X Daily News |date=August 20, 2024 |title=BREAKING: Grok 2.0 is out to everyone now! |url=https://x.com/xDaily/status/1826024911544135774 |access-date=February 18, 2025 |work=[[Twitter|X]]}}</ref>

On October 28, 2024, Grok received image understanding capabilities.<ref name="TechCrunch-2024b">{{Cite web |last=Mehta |first=Ivan |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Elon Musk's xAI adds image understanding capabilities to Grok |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/xai-adds-image-understanding-capabilities-to-grok/ |access-date=November 3, 2024 |website=TechCrunch }}</ref>

On November 16, 2024, Grok received [[web search]] capabilities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nazarov |first=Yaroslav |date=November 16, 2024 |title=Also, we've shipped a v.1 of web search results to Grok. |url=https://x.com/512x512/status/1857621134306586880 |access-date=November 23, 2024 |website=[[Twitter|X]]}}</ref>

On November 23, 2024, Grok received [[PDF]] understanding capabilities.<ref name="Nazarov-2024">{{Cite web |last=Nazarov |first=Yaroslav |date=November 23, 2024 |title=Grok just got a PDF support! |url=https://x.com/512x512/status/1860298803083149775 |access-date=November 23, 2024 |website=[[Twitter|X]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yang |first=Greg |date=November 23, 2024 |title=you can now upload pdfs to grok! |url=https://x.com/TheGregYang/status/1860297922367443366 |access-date=November 23, 2024 |website=[[Twitter|X]]}}</ref>

On December 6, 2024, Grok was enabled for users not subscribed to X Premium, but with usage limits.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=December 6, 2024 |title=X's Grok AI chatbot is now available to all users |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24314860/x-grok-ai-chatbot-available-all-users |access-date=December 7, 2024 |website=The Verge }}</ref>

On December 9, 2024, Grok received [[#Image generation|Aurora]], a new [[text-to-image model]] developed by xAI.<ref name="TechCrunch-2024">{{Cite web |last=Wiggers |first=Kyle |date=December 7, 2024 |title=Elon Musk's X gains a new image generator, Aurora |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/07/elon-musks-x-gains-a-new-image-generator-aurora/ |access-date=December 7, 2024 |website=TechCrunch }}</ref>

In December 2024, xAI released standalone Grok [[Web application|web]] and [[iOS]] apps, in addition to its existing availability on X. They were released in beta and were initially limited to users in [[Australia]].<ref name="TechCrunch-2024a" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=@xDaily |first=X Daily News |date=December 24, 2024 |title=The standalone Grok website is now available for users in Australia (or using a VPN set to Australia) |url=https://x.com/xDaily/status/1871638233018405052 |access-date=December 24, 2024 |website=[[Twitter|X]]}}</ref> The app was made available to users worldwide on January 9, 2025.<ref name="WSJ-2025" />

On January 2, 2025, xAI updated the Grok logo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@Iorel_X |first=lorel |date=January 2, 2025 |title=News: The new @Grok icon is now live in all platforms! |url=https://x.com/Iorel_X/status/1874958805206974940 |access-date=January 3, 2025 |website=[[Twitter|X]]}}</ref>

On February 4, 2025, xAI released an [[Android (operating system)|Android]] version of their standalone Grok app. The release was firstly limited to [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[India]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[the Philippines]], but was later released worldwide.<ref name="AndroidPolice-2025" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=@ablenessy |first=Attila |date=February 4, 2025 |title=Grok Android app is now open for testing in Australia, Canada, India, Philippines, and Saudi Arabia. |url=https://x.com/ablenessy/status/1886661394499862760 |access-date=February 4, 2025 |website=[[Twitter|X]]}}</ref>