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# Elon Musk To Make xAI's Grok Chatbot Open-Source
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/xai-grok/
- Published: 2024-03-11T12:36:11.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-11T12:36:11.000Z
- Description: A new chatbot entering the open-source arena. What are you doing OpenAI?
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Open Source, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

Surprise, surprise, surprise!, Elon Musk has announced something very interesting related to one of X's (formerly known as Twitter) flagship AI offerings.

With a [tweet](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1767108624038449405?ref=itsfoss.com), Elon has unveiled that [xAI](https://x.ai/?ref=itsfoss.com) will be open-sourcing [Grok](https://grok.x.ai/?ref=itsfoss.com), their generative AI chatbot based on an in-house LLM called *Grok-1* with the added bonus of access to content on X.

> This week, [@xAI](https://twitter.com/xai?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=itsfoss.com) will open source Grok
> 
> — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) [March 11, 2024](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1767108624038449405?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=itsfoss.com)

Launched back in November 2023, I didn't really hear much about it apart from the facts that **you would have to be an X Premium+ subscriber to get access to Grok** and that it **was not open-source**.

But, it now seems that the former is no longer the case thanks to this announcement.

To complement this move, even [Baby Grok](https://www.babygrok.ai/?ref=itsfoss.com) has joined in, [acknowledging](https://twitter.com/babygrok%5Fbsc/status/1767113784790061348?ref=itsfoss.com) that it is also going open source. If you didn't know, **Baby Grok is a crypto meme coin** launched at the same time around Grok, a cryptocurrency whose value depends on its community.

> And [#BabyGrok](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabyGrok?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=itsfoss.com) also 🔥
> 
> — Baby Grok (@babygrok\_bsc) [March 11, 2024](https://twitter.com/babygrok%5Fbsc/status/1767113784790061348?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=itsfoss.com)

**Does it Matter?**

For Elon Musk and many open-source enthusiasts, it certainly does. You see, Elon has been in a [legal battle](https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/01/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-court/?ref=itsfoss.com) with [OpenAI](https://openai.com/?ref=itsfoss.com) and its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, alleging that the company has deviated from its original non-profit, open-source mission.

The story is still constantly developing, with the most recent being a [string of emails](https://openai.com/blog/openai-elon-musk?ref=itsfoss.com) being shared by OpenAI that said **Musk wanted to merge them with Tesla**, or he wanted full control over the company.

During all that, many did [point out](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-07/openai-had-to-raise-funding-because-musk-reneged-khosla-says?ref=itsfoss.com) that Elon has not open-sourced xAI's technology. But, I think he took that very seriously, and now we have this announcement to open source Grok.

Whatever the driving force behind his decision may be, I am genuinely interested in how it pans out in the end, as this will surely be a big shot at OpenAI, who refuse to open-source their most popular products.

**When to Expect:** Sometime this week is the timeline Elon has shared, and if you were to take [the past](https://itsfoss.com/twitter-algorithm-open-source/) as any indication, then you should see the code [go open](https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm?ref=itsfoss.com) eventually when the time comes.

*💬 Well, did you expect this move to come? Or were you expecting something else?*