He said he created OpenAI as a nonprofit so there would be no fiduciary duty to profit from the AI technology, intending to democratize AI power.
"i created uh openai"
What do you think of OpenAI?
Q14210 answers2014-2026
Short answer
He said starting OpenAI ended up accelerating AI, and Anthropic — a splinter group from OpenAI — is accelerating it even more, which he tied to reality as an irony maximizer. xAI is providing Anthropic with compute; he met people there first and did not meet anyone who seemed shady.
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2014 · 1 answer
2016 · 1 answer
No one company should control advanced AI; that is why they created OpenAI, combined with a high-bandwidth cortical interface so humans merge with AI.
"democratization of AI technology"
2018 · 1 answer
He mentioned OpenAI among SpaceX, Tesla, Boring Company and Neuralink, and said OpenAI is a non-profit and he was not on the board.
"Oh, I forgot to mention OpenAI. It's sort of it's a non-profit"
2019 · 2 answers
Explains he parted ways with OpenAI partly due to Tesla competing for the same people and disagreements.
"Tesla was competing for some of same people as OpenAI & I didn’t agree with some of what OpenAI team wanted to do. Add that all up & it was just better to part ways on good terms."
He said OpenAI was intended to mitigate the risk of artificial general intelligence. He hoped that is what it does; there is some chance it may amplify the risk.
"Open AI was really intended to mitigate the risk of artificial general intelligence"
2020 · 2 answers
Says he has no control and very limited insight into OpenAI.
"I have no control & only very limited insight into OpenAI."
Says OpenAI is essentially captured by Microsoft.
"OpenAI is essentially captured by Microsoft."
2023 · 31 answers
He played a significant role in creating OpenAI because he thought Google was not paying enough attention to AI safety. It was created as an open-source nonprofit and is now closed-source and for-profit. He has no stake, board seat, or control.
"initially it was created as an open source nonprofit and now it is closed source and for profit"
He said openAI was created as an open source (which is why I named it “Open” AI), non-profit company to serve as a counterweight to Google, but now it has become a closed source, maximum-profit company effectively controlled ...
"OpenAI was created as an open source (which is why I named it “Open” AI), non-profit company to serve as a counterweight to Google, but now it has become a closed source, maximum-profit company effectively controlled by Microsoft. Not what I intended at all."
Asked Aren't you an investor in OpenAI, he said i donated the first $100M to OpenAI when it was a non-profit, but have no ownership or control
"I donated the first $100M to OpenAI when it was a non-profit, but have no ownership or control"
He said good question. It somehow transitioned from an open source non-profit to a closed source for-profit.
"Good question. It somehow transitioned from an open source non-profit to a closed source for-profit."
He said as part of their investment, Microsoft gained exclusive access to the entire OpenAI codebase
"As part of their investment, Microsoft gained exclusive access to the entire OpenAI codebase"
He says OpenAI was meant to be the open-source, nonprofit opposite of Google DeepMind, but is now closed-source and profit-hungry.
"OpenAI is now super closed source and frankly, voracious for profit"
He says there is value in multiple AI entities rather than a unipolar world dominated by one company.
"You don't want to have a unipolar world where just one company kind of dominates in AI you want to have some competition."
He says OpenAI strayed in the opposite direction from its founding charter.
"opening eyes strayed quite, you know, really in the opposite direction from its sort of founding charter, which is again, very ironic."
He says he struggled with AGI for a long time and was resistant to working on it.
"I've really struggled with this whole AGI think for a long time, and I've been somewhat resistant to work on making it happen"
He says Google and DeepMind then had about three quarters of the world's AI talent, so a counterweight was needed.
"So they had probably 3/4 of the AI talent in the world and lots of money and lots of computers."
Asked The ultimate questions about our world: Why does it exist, he said perhaps AI can help us answer some of these fundamental questions. That is the goal of @xAI.
"Perhaps AI can help us answer some of these fundamental questions. That is the goal of @xAI."
He said the scaling “laws” that OpenAI and others talk about are bogus imo. Garbage in, garbage out. GPT is a predictor of garbage.
"The scaling “laws” that OpenAI and others talk about are bogus imo. Garbage in, garbage out. GPT is a predictor of garbage."
He co-founded it as an open-source counterweight to Google; it became closed-source and for-profit; he has mixed feelings about Sam Altman.
"fate loves irony"
He said tomorrow, @xAI will release its first AI to a select group. In some important respects, it is the best that currently exists.
"Tomorrow, @xAI will release its first AI to a select group. In some important respects, it is the best that currently exists."
He said what will blow people away is how fast Grok improves vs other options
"What will blow people away is how fast Grok improves vs other options"
He said there absolutely will be. Either their structure is valid and everyone should be doing it, because “investing” in a non-profit with pre-tax money and then extracting the IP to a for-profit would double your returns. O...
"There absolutely will be. Either their structure is valid and everyone should be doing it, because “investing” in a non-profit with pre-tax money and then extracting the IP to a for-profit would double your returns. Or It is not valid and the entire structure of OpenAI falls apart."
He said xAI compute is doubling every 2 to 3 months
"xAI compute is doubling every 2 to 3 months"
He said the first two are have been true for years, the third will be. Whether or not they actually join Microsoft, OpenAI is de facto part of Microsoft.
"The first two are have been true for years, the third will be. Whether or not they actually join Microsoft, OpenAI is de facto part of Microsoft."
He said why did you take such a drastic action? If OpenAI is doing something potentially dangerous to humanity, the world needs to know.
"Why did you take such a drastic action? If OpenAI is doing something potentially dangerous to humanity, the world needs to know."
Asked Is it still on waitlist or everyone with premium+ can get it, he said we will open up access to Grok in blocks of users, prioritized by when they signed up for X Premium+ Want to make sure quality of service is good.
"We will open up access to Grok in blocks of users, prioritized by when they signed up for X Premium+ Want to make sure quality of service is good."
He said openAI being (semi) independent is probably better for the world than merging with Microsoft. Less concentration of power.
"OpenAI being (semi) independent is probably better for the world than merging with Microsoft. Less concentration of power."
He said grok will improve rapidly, as it is only ~3 months old. Our compute alone will double every ~3 months.
"Grok will improve rapidly, as it is only ~3 months old. Our compute alone will double every ~3 months."
He said this test does not seem accurate. Some of the questions are outright ridiculous and many lack any nuance. For example: - First-generation immigrants can never be fully integrated within their new country? - The most i...
"This test does not seem accurate. Some of the questions are outright ridiculous and many lack any nuance. For example: - First-generation immigrants can never be fully integrated within their new country? - The most important thing for children to learn is to accept discipline? - All authority should be questioned? - What’s good for the most successful corporations is always, ultimately, good for all of us? - A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system?"
Asked Wtf @grok, he said it’s in beta. Improvements will be extremely fast, as we now have the user training feedback loop engaged. Grok is improving by the hour.
"It’s in beta. Improvements will be extremely fast, as we now have the user training feedback loop engaged. Grok is improving by the hour."
He said that chart exaggerates the situation imo, but we are taking immediate action to shift Grok closer to politically neutral
"That chart exaggerates the situation imo, but we are taking immediate action to shift Grok closer to politically neutral"
He said grok AI (beta) is now rolled out to all 𝕏 Premium+ subscribers in the US. There will be many issues at first, but expect rapid improvement almost every day. Your feedback is much appreciated. Will expand to all Englis...
"Grok AI (beta) is now rolled out to all 𝕏 Premium+ subscribers in the US. There will be many issues at first, but expect rapid improvement almost every day. Your feedback is much appreciated. Will expand to all English language users in about a week or so. Japanese is next priority (2nd biggest user base) and then hopefully all languages by early 2024."
He said unfortunately, the Internet (on which it is trained), is overrun with woke nonsense. Grok will get better. This is just the beta.
"Unfortunately, the Internet (on which it is trained), is overrun with woke nonsense. Grok will get better. This is just the beta."
He says he co-founded OpenAI as a counterweight to Google DeepMind, which then had most of the top AI talent.
"the reason I wanted to create it was to establish a counterweight to Google DeepMind"
He says OpenAI is now super closed source and run for maximum profit, the opposite of how it started.
"OpenAI is super closed source and for maximum profit"
He says he was instrumental in creating OpenAI.
"I was instrumental in the creation of OpenAI"
He says Larry Page did not seem to be taking AI safety seriously, so a counterweight to Google DeepMind was needed.
"it did not seem to me that he was taking AI safety seriously"
2024 · 34 answers
Asked Excuse me, @elonmusk : is there any way of modifying Grok so that it does not provide s..., he said yes, Grok 1.5 should be out next month with substantial improvements across the board
"Yes, Grok 1.5 should be out next month with substantial improvements across the board"
Asked So did your founding donation turn into equity or wtf happened to it, he said it isn’t clear to me how the OpenAI structure is legal at all. I was offered shares a various points, but it seemed unethical/illegal to accept them.
"It isn’t clear to me how the OpenAI structure is legal at all. I was offered shares a various points, but it seemed unethical/illegal to accept them."
He said perhaps it is now clear why @xAI’s Grok is so important. It is far from perfect right now, but will improve rapidly. V1.5 releases in 2 weeks. Rigorous pursuit of the truth, without regard to criticism, has never been...
"Perhaps it is now clear why @xAI’s Grok is so important. It is far from perfect right now, but will improve rapidly. V1.5 releases in 2 weeks. Rigorous pursuit of the truth, without regard to criticism, has never been more essential."
He said in the coming weeks, Grok will summarize these mammoth laws before they are passed by Congress, so you know what their real purpose is
"In the coming weeks, Grok will summarize these mammoth laws before they are passed by Congress, so you know what their real purpose is"
He said yeah, this structure is either legal and everyone should do it or it is illegal and OpenAI is a house of cards
"Yeah, this structure is either legal and everyone should do it or it is illegal and OpenAI is a house of cards"
He said later this week, Grok will be enabled for all premium subscribers (not just premium+)
"Later this week, Grok will be enabled for all premium subscribers (not just premium+)"
He said should be available on 𝕏 next week. Grok 2 should exceed current AI on all metrics. In training now.
"Should be available on 𝕏 next week. Grok 2 should exceed current AI on all metrics. In training now."
He said ethan was going to join OpenAI, so it was either xAI or them. They have been aggressively recruiting Tesla engineers with massive compensation offers and have unfortunately been successful in a few cases.
"Ethan was going to join OpenAI, so it was either xAI or them. They have been aggressively recruiting Tesla engineers with massive compensation offers and have unfortunately been successful in a few cases."
Asked What is Engagement Farming, he said we will use Grok to detect, remove and trace to source the engagement farming spam
"We will use Grok to detect, remove and trace to source the engagement farming spam"
Asked Can someone fill me in on this GME/Roaring Kitty thing, he said major upgrade to Grok coming in about 39 days
"Major upgrade to Grok coming in about 39 days"
He said by implication, safety is therefore not top priority at OpenAI
"By implication, safety is therefore not top priority at OpenAI"
He said it’s patently absurd that Apple isn’t smart enough to make their own AI, yet is somehow capable of ensuring that OpenAI will protect your security & privacy! Apple has no clue what’s actually going on once they hand y...
"It’s patently absurd that Apple isn’t smart enough to make their own AI, yet is somehow capable of ensuring that OpenAI will protect your security & privacy! Apple has no clue what’s actually going on once they hand your data over to OpenAI. They’re selling you down the river."
He said if Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies. That is an unacceptable security violation.
"If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies. That is an unacceptable security violation."
He said grok 3 end of year after training on 100k H100s should be really something special
"Grok 3 end of year after training on 100k H100s should be really something special"
He said sadly quite true. It takes a lot of work to purge LLMs from the Internet training data. Grok 2, which comes out in August, will be a giant improvement in this regard.
"Sadly quite true. It takes a lot of work to purge LLMs from the Internet training data. Grok 2, which comes out in August, will be a giant improvement in this regard."
He said xAI contracted for 24k H100s from Oracle and Grok 2 trained on those. Grok 2 is going through finetuning and bug fixes. Probably ready to release next month. xAI is building the 100k H100 system itself for fastest tim...
"xAI contracted for 24k H100s from Oracle and Grok 2 trained on those. Grok 2 is going through finetuning and bug fixes. Probably ready to release next month. xAI is building the 100k H100 system itself for fastest time to completion. Aiming to begin training later this month. It will be the most powerful training cluster in the world by a large margin. The reason we decided to do the 100k H100 and next major system internally was that our fundamental competitiveness depends on being faster than any other AI company. This is the only way to catch up. Oracle is a great company and there is another company that shows promise also involved in that OpenAI GB200 cluster, but, when our fate depends on being the fastest by far, we must have our own hands on the steering wheel, rather than be a backseat driver."
He says the people he tried to recruit to Tesla were only interested in working on AGI.
"They were only interested in working on AGI, not Tesla specific problems."
He said should Tesla invest $5B into @xAI, assuming the valuation is set by several credible outside investors? (Board approval & shareholder vote are needed, so this is just to test the waters)
"Should Tesla invest $5B into @xAI, assuming the valuation is set by several credible outside investors? (Board approval & shareholder vote are needed, so this is just to test the waters)"
He said order of magnitude more training than Grok 1 & many qualitative improvements
"Order of magnitude more training than Grok 1 & many qualitative improvements"
He said grok Mini is best for most queries. Full Grok is best used for complex questions.
"Grok Mini is best for most queries. Full Grok is best used for complex questions."
Asked Shouldn't Elon Musk, who funded the company, get a bit of this value, he said either turning a non-profit into a for-profit is legal and everyone should be doing it or it’s illegal and OpenAI is a house of cards.
"Either turning a non-profit into a for-profit is legal and everyone should be doing it or it’s illegal and OpenAI is a house of cards."
He said grok 3 is training with 10X, soon 20X the compute of Grok 2
"Grok 3 is training with 10X, soon 20X the compute of Grok 2"
He said xAI built the most powerful AI training cluster in the world in 122 days, despite starting years after others. Our competitors are moving as fast as they can. Just not as fast as @xAI.
"xAI built the most powerful AI training cluster in the world in 122 days, despite starting years after others. Our competitors are moving as fast as they can. Just not as fast as @xAI."
Asked 100%. Who knew that Starlink would become one of the most important technologies in the..., he said thanks Jeff 😀 Note, xAI is a generalized AI company and was not created as an offshoot of Tesla in any way whatsoever.
"Thanks Jeff 😀 Note, xAI is a generalized AI company and was not created as an offshoot of Tesla in any way whatsoever."
He said too many game studios that are owned by massive corporations. @xAI is going to start an AI game studio to make games great again!
"Too many game studios that are owned by massive corporations. @xAI is going to start an AI game studio to make games great again!"
He said grok can already do this. With Grok 3, we are adding all court cases to the training set. It will render extremely compelling legal verdicts.
"Grok can already do this. With Grok 3, we are adding all court cases to the training set. It will render extremely compelling legal verdicts."
He said openAI going from non-profit to maximum profit is a total scam!!
"OpenAI going from non-profit to maximum profit is a total scam!!"
He said note: we are deleting the name of the internal @xAI image generation system (Aurora). Just think of Grok as doing anything.
"Note: we are deleting the name of the internal @xAI image generation system (Aurora). Just think of Grok as doing anything."
He said the @xAI image generation system was developed internally in ~6 months
"The @xAI image generation system was developed internally in ~6 months"
He said grok 3 is training with 10X more compute
"Grok 3 is training with 10X more compute"
He said a Grok button to proofread and offer enhancements to your posts, including images, is coming
"A Grok button to proofread and offer enhancements to your posts, including images, is coming"
He said searches for @Grok, made by @xAI, just exceeded 50% of searches for ChapGPT
"Searches for @Grok, made by @xAI, just exceeded 50% of searches for ChapGPT"
He said and Grok 3 will be a major leap forward
"And Grok 3 will be a major leap forward"
Asked Oh great, the conspiracy tards are going after Elon Musk for supposed connections to Bl..., he said blackrock owns less 0.5% of xAI. They are one of many investors.
"Blackrock owns less 0.5% of xAI. They are one of many investors."
2025 · 110 answers
He said cool! And Grok 3 is coming soon. Pretraining is now complete with 10X more compute than Grok 2.
"Cool! And Grok 3 is coming soon. Pretraining is now complete with 10X more compute than Grok 2."
Creating it was his idea, as an open-source counterweight to Google; it became closed source for maximum profit, the most ironic outcome.
"I named it openai as an open- Source artificial intelligence"
He funded OpenAI at the start with almost $50 million as a nonprofit meant to be open source; now it is closed for maximum profit, which he compared to a rainforest charity becoming a lumber company.
"opening ey is meant to be open source nonprofit and now it is closed"
He said from a friend: “Bret Taylor is a scammer running an agents startup that literally has no product whatsoever and is funneling money into OpenAI. He just does bureaucracy.” 🤣🤣
"From a friend: “Bret Taylor is a scammer running an agents startup that literally has no product whatsoever and is funneling money into OpenAI. He just does bureaucracy.” 🤣🤣"
He said the @xAI Grok 3 release will improve rapidly every day this week. Please report any issues as a reply to this post.
"The @xAI Grok 3 release will improve rapidly every day this week. Please report any issues as a reply to this post."
He said btw, Grok 2 is still being used to explain 𝕏 posts. That will update to Grok 3 in a day or two.
"Btw, Grok 2 is still being used to explain 𝕏 posts. That will update to Grok 3 in a day or two."
He said you can improve the graphics just by asking Grok to do so btw. We’re starting work on integrating dynamically-created high-resolution graphics, so that you can make photo-realistic games that evolve differently for ev...
"You can improve the graphics just by asking Grok to do so btw. We’re starting work on integrating dynamically-created high-resolution graphics, so that you can make photo-realistic games that evolve differently for every player. Join the @xAI team!"
He said grok 3 can make any arcade game you can think of. This year, we will add the ability to apply high resolution imagery. I think we’ve got a shot at making a AAA game sometime next year. Join us to make it happen!
"Grok 3 can make any arcade game you can think of. This year, we will add the ability to apply high resolution imagery. I think we’ve got a shot at making a AAA game sometime next year. Join us to make it happen!"
He said we are working on the speed of long context @Grok responses. Should be way faster soon.
"We are working on the speed of long context @Grok responses. Should be way faster soon."
He said @xAI has acquired @X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt). Since its founding two years ago, xAI has rapidly become one of the leading AI la...
"@xAI has acquired @X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt). Since its founding two years ago, xAI has rapidly become one of the leading AI labs in the world, building models and data centers at unprecedented speed and scale. X is the digital town square where more than 600M active users go to find the real-time source of ground truth and, in the last two years, has been transformed into one of the most efficient companies in the world, positioning it to deliver scalable future growth. xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent. This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAI’s advanced AI capability and expertise with X’s massive reach. The combined company will deliver smarter, more meaningful experiences to billions of people while staying true to our core mission of seeking truth and advancing knowledge. This will allow us to build a platform that doesn’t just reflect the world but actively accelerates human progress. I would like to recognize the hardcore dedication of everyone at xAI and X that has brought us to this point. This is just the beginning. Thank you for your continued partnership and support."
He said next week, Grok 3.5 early beta release to SuperGrok subscribers only. It is the first AI that can, for example, accurately answer technical questions about rocket engines or electrochemistry. @Grok is reasoning from f...
"Next week, Grok 3.5 early beta release to SuperGrok subscribers only. It is the first AI that can, for example, accurately answer technical questions about rocket engines or electrochemistry. @Grok is reasoning from first principles and coming up with answers that simply don’t exist on the Internet."
He said grok figures it out too if you enable DeepSearch. The right outcome, of course, is for Grok to know when to think deeply or search without being told.
"Grok figures it out too if you enable DeepSearch. The right outcome, of course, is for Grok to know when to think deeply or search without being told."
Yes. He says he named and funded OpenAI as an open-source nonprofit (first roughly $50 million) and it is trying to become a closed for-profit, like a rainforest charity becoming a lumber company.
"I came I came up with the name OpenAI as an open-source um and as a nonprofit"
He said am increasingly confident that Grok 3.5 will be the smartest AI by a significant margin
"Am increasingly confident that Grok 3.5 will be the smartest AI by a significant margin"
He said deepSearch and Think will activate automatically as needed in Grok 3.5
"DeepSearch and Think will activate automatically as needed in Grok 3.5"
He said Grok 4 treats everything as a hard question, and they were hoping to fix that that day.
"Grok 4 treats everything as a hard question. We are hoping to fix that today."
He said Grok 4 overthinks simple questions, assuming everything is complex, and they were fixing it the next day.
"Grok 4 overthinks simple questions, assuming everything is complex. We are fixing it tomorrow."
He said any given AI company is doomed to become the opposite of its name: OpenAI is closed, Stability is unstable, Midjourney isn’t mid.
"Any given AI company is doomed to become the opposite of its name. OpenAI is closed Stability is unstable MidJourney isn’t mid Anthropic is …"
He said many strong Meta engineers are joining xAI without unsustainably high initial comp, and xAI has more market-cap growth potential than Meta.
"Many strong Meta engineers have and are joining xAI and without the need for insane initial comp (still great, but not unsustainably high). Also, xAI has vastly more market cap growth potential than Meta. And we are hyper merit-based: do something great and your comp can shift substantially higher."
He said Grok 5 will be out before the end of this year and it will be crushingly good.
"Grok 5 will be out before the end of this year and it will be crushingly good"
He said Grok 4 Heavy was smarter two weeks earlier than GPT-5 is now, and G4H is already a lot better.
"Bottom line though: Grok 4 Heavy was smarter 2 weeks ago than GPT5 is now and G4H is already a lot better. Let that sink in."
He said Grok is one-shot coding increasingly complex video games, and the next update will play the game, look at the screen, and adjust the code.
"Grok is one-shot coding increasingly complex video games. Our next update will actually *play* the game, look at the screen and adjust the code to improve both esthetics and playability."
He said Grok 4 is now free for all users, with a small number of free queries per day and a subscription beyond that.
"Grok 4 is now free for all users. The free tier allows a small number of queries per day. Beyond that requires subscription."
He said video games will be dynamically generated by Grok in the future.
"Video games will be dynamically generated by Grok in the future"
He said major AI companies and xAI will continue to prosper, and outside real-world AI Google currently has the biggest compute and data advantage and the highest probability of being the leader, which may change in a few years.
"For the foreseeable future, the major AI companies will continue to prosper, as will @xAI. There is just so much to do! Outside of real-world AI, Google has the biggest compute (and data) advantage for now, so currently has the highest probability of being the leader. That may change in a few years."
He said Grok Imagine will show small improvements every day and a giant improvement with Imagine V2 in a few months.
"You should notice small improvements to Grok Imagine every day. Giant improvement with release of Imagine V2 in a few months!"
He said Grok auto-translate will allow posts in all languages to be seen by the world.
"Grok auto translate will allow posts in all languages to be seen by the world!"
He said the goal of Grok Imagine is to give you superhuman imagination powers.
"The goal of Grok Imagine is to give you superhuman imagination powers"
He said Grok Imagine is meant to generate images as fast as your imagination, then animate rapidly, and this is only the early beta.
"The idea of Grok Imagine is to generate images as fast as your imagination, giving you many options to choose in exploration space, then zero in on a particular concept and animate rapidly, iterating many times in animation. This is just the early Beta release of Imagine …"
He said Grok Imagine is version 0.1 beta with massive room for improvement, aiming to be the best imagination amplifier.
"Grok Imagine is just version 0.1 beta right now, so obviously has massive room for improvement. Join us to make it the best imagination amplifier in the known Universe!"
He said Grok is evolving much faster than any other AI, and if that rate continues xAI will outpace other AI companies by a significant margin.
"Grok is evolving much faster than any other AI. If this rate of progress continues, @xAI will outpace other AI companies by a significant margin. App upgrades are roughly on par with internal upgrades. https://t.co/MAcGslbJ5c"
He said xAI will soon be far beyond any company besides Google, then significantly exceed Google, and that Chinese companies will be the toughest competitors because they have more electricity and are strong at building hardware.
"xAI will soon be far beyond any company besides Google, then significantly exceed Google. Companies in China will be the toughest competitors, because they have so much more electricity than America and are super strong at building hardware."
He said Grok Code is seeing more usage on OpenRouter than all others combined.
"Grok Code is now seeing more usage on OpenRouter than all others combined https://t.co/iKSmsuefq6"
He said Grok videos can now talk, a major image and video generation upgrade is a few weeks away, and it is still early beta.
"Grok videos can now talk. Major upgrade to image & video generation in a few weeks. This is still early beta."
He said Grok Code ships improved updates every two days.
"Grok Code ships improved updates every 2 days, so you should notice rapid improvement"
He said on X the people decide the narrative, you hear all sides, Community Notes corrects everyone with public data and code, and Grok provides further fact-checking.
"On this platform, the people decide the narrative. You hear all sides of an argument. Community Notes corrects everyone, no exceptions. Notes data & code is public source. Grok provides further fact-checking."
He said Grok Imagine is still early beta, a big release is coming in a few weeks, it should be out of beta by spring, with compelling half-hour episodes and a first good video game next year.
"Not bad, given that Grok Imagine is still an early beta product. Big release coming in a few weeks. Probably out of beta by the spring. Compelling half hour episodes and first good video game next year."
He said Grok 5 starts training in a few weeks.
"Grok 5 starts training in a few weeks"
He said Grok Code is still a beta release and is improving almost every day.
"Great work by Grok Code team! This is just a beta release. It is improving almost every day."
He said many major Grok Code upgrades and fixes were coming the next week, including a 1 million token context window.
"Many major upgrades & fixes to Grok Code coming out next week, including 1M context window"
He said reports that xAI had just raised capital were fake news, and xAI is not raising any capital right now.
"Fake news. xAI is not raising any capital right now."
He said xAI will raise capital in the coming months, just not right now.
"xAI will of course raise capital in the coming months, just not right now"
He said winning was never in the set of possible outcomes for Anthropic.
"Winning was never in the set of possible outcomes for Anthropic"
He said he never claimed OpenAI beating Google was impossible: he told people the probability was about 1% at the start and raised it to about 10% after the DotA win.
"No, I never said that. I told everyone who asked in the beginning that I thought the probability of OpenAI beating Google was ~1%. Infinitely different from 0%. After the DotA win, I raised the win probability to ~10%."
He said Grok Vision can understand pretty much anything you point the camera at.
"Grok Vision can understand pretty much anything you point the camera at"
He said Grok Fast now has a 2 million token context window.
"Grok Fast now has a 2M token context window"
He said Grok 4 Heavy is for the toughest problems and gets better almost every week.
"Grok 4 Heavy for the toughest problems. And it gets better almost every week."
He said they are building Grokipedia as an open-source knowledge repository vastly better than Wikipedia, available to the public with no limits on use.
"Join @xAI and help build Grokipedia, an open source knowledge repository that is vastly better than Wikipedia! This will be available to the public with no limits on use."
He said Grokipedia will be a massive improvement over Wikipedia and is a necessary step toward xAI's goal of understanding the Universe.
"We are building Grokipedia @xAI. Will be a massive improvement over Wikipedia. Frankly, it is a necessary step towards the xAI goal of understanding the Universe."
He said xAI is doing this for all human knowledge and will open-source the results.
"xAI is doing this for all human knowledge. We will open source the results."
He said Grokipedia version 0.1 early beta will be published in two weeks.
"Version 0.1 early beta of Grokipedia will be published in 2 weeks"
He said Grok will make a movie that is at least watchable before the end of next year and really good movies in 2027.
"Grok will make a movie that is at least watchable before the end of next year and really good movies in 2027"
He said the xAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before the end of next year.
"The XAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before the end of next year"
He said Grok will be able to analyze video for AI signatures in the bitstream and research the Internet to assess origin.
"@grok will be able to analyze the video for AI signatures in the bitstream and then further research the Internet to assess origin"
He said xAI is going big into video games because he loves playing them, and making money is a secondary concern.
"XAI is going big into video games, because I love and play video games. Making money is a secondary concern."
He said Grok Imagine will soon have longer sequences with multiple scenes and camera angles automatically integrated.
"Soon, Grok Imagine will have longer sequences with multiple scenes and camera angles automatically integrated"
He said a buggy Grokipedia V0.1 beta will be released on Monday, that even this early release is better on average than Wikipedia, and they want critical feedback.
"Buggy beta version of Grokipedia V0.1 will be released on Monday. Even this very early release is better on average than Wikipedia imo. We will be looking for as much critical feedback as possible. And we will offer you the opportunity to donate $5 to send a Grok dick pic to Jimmy Wales."
He said Grokipedia is not yet a massive improvement over Wikipedia at version 0.1, but it will be by version 1.0.
"Not yet with Grokipedia version 0.1, but it will be by version 1.0"
He said Grok is making a consistency-logic error from bad Internet pretraining data that has been corrected in the asking Grok variant but not yet in the app variant.
"Grok is making a consistency logic error based on a mountain of bad Internet pretraining data that has been corrected in the asking @Grok variant (I believe), but not yet in the app variant"
He said Grokipedia v0.1 launch was postponed to the end of the week to purge propaganda.
"Postponing Grokipedia v0.1 launch to end of week. We need to do more work to purge out the propaganda."
He said Grok kids mode has the same settings companies demand for enterprise mode, and that businesses have been infantilized.
"A friend of mine just pointed out that Grok “kids mode” has exactly the same settings as what companies demand for “enterprise mode” 😂 We have indeed infantilized businesses in modern society."
He said xAI is moving faster than any other AI company and that victory is a function of speed.
"xAI is moving faster than any other AI company. In the end, victory is a function of speed."
He said Good Rudi is great for kids stories and education, Bad Rudi is NSFW, and turning off NSFW in Grok settings blocks NSFW.
"Good Rudi is great for kids stories and education. Bad Rudi is definitely NSFW, but very funny. If you turn off NSFW in Grok settings, you won’t get any NSFW."
He said Grok Imagine video generation understands physics.
"Grok Imagine video generation understands physics"
He said Grokipedia will exceed Wikipedia by several orders of magnitude in breadth, depth and accuracy.
"Grokipedia will exceed Wikipedia by several orders of magnitude in breadth, depth and accuracy"
He said the sum of knowledge etched by laser into stone in micro font and placed throughout the solar system will protect against civilizational regression.
"The sum of knowledge etched by laser into stone in micro font and placed throughout the solar system will protect against a civilizational regression https://t.co/gC7ujX9OXf"
He said as Grok improves so will Grokipedia, and they are embedding critical thinking and cogency into Grok.
"As Grok improves, so will Grokipedia. We are embedding the principles of critical thinking and cogency into Grok."
He said the goal of Grokipedia is an open-source comprehensive collection of all knowledge, with copies etched in a stable oxide in orbit, on the Moon and Mars.
"Nice work by the @xAI team on https://t.co/op5s4ZiSwh! The goal here is to create an open source, comprehensive collection of all knowledge. Then place copies of that etched in a stable oxide in orbit, the Moon and Mars to preserve it for the future. Foundation."
He said Grok generated about 1 million articles, and users will be able to ask Grok to add, modify or delete articles.
"Cool. I’m reading these for the first time btw. Grok generated about 1M articles using a lot of compute. You will be able to ask Grok to add/modify/delete articles and it will either take the action or tell you it won’t and why."
He said Altman took stakes in almost every successful company that wanted a relationship with OpenAI, worth tens of billions, and is waiting for Musk's lawsuit to end to receive about $30B in stock like Brockman.
"Altman took a piece of almost every successful company that wanted a relationship with OpenAI (YC Combinator playbook). His stakes in those companies are worth tens of billions. Moreover, he is just waiting for my lawsuit against OpenAI to be over to receive the same $30B or so in stock that Brockman was given."
He founded OpenAI as an open-source nonprofit counterweight because Larry Page seemed insufficiently concerned about AI danger (calling him a 'species' for favoring humans over computers). He turned down shares because nonprofits aren't supposed to be vehicles for self-enrichment.
"he was not sufficiently concerned about the dangers of AI"
He said a major Grok upgrade was released quietly to smooth out the rough edges.
"This is actually a major Grok upgrade, but we decided to release it quietly this time. Gave us time to smooth out the rough edges."
He said it is insanely suicidal for Microsoft to continue supporting OpenAI.
"At this point, it’s insanely suicidal for Microsoft to continue supporting OpenAI"
He said OpenAI will compete directly with Microsoft.
"As I was saying, OpenAI will compete directly with Microsoft"
He said copies of the knowledge collection will be etched in stone and sent to the Moon, Mars and beyond so it will not be lost.
"Copies will be etched in stone and sent to the Moon, Mars and beyond. This time, it will not be lost."
He said when Grokipedia is good enough they will rename it Encyclopedia Galactica, an open-source distillation of all knowledge including audio, images and video.
"When Grokipedia is good enough (long way to go), we will change the name to Encyclopedia Galactica. It will be an open source distillation of all knowledge, including audio, images and video. Join @xAI to help build the sci-fi version of the Library of Alexandria!"
He said the first compelling Grok Imagine 30-minute show is probably about 3 months away.
"The first compelling Grok Imagine 30 min show is probably ~3 months away"
He said 15-second Grok Imagine videos and much improved sound are coming by next week.
"15 second Grok Imagine videos & much improved sound coming by next week"
He said xAI is going to eliminate vibe coding and then make any app you describe that actually works well.
"@xAI is going to eliminate “vibe coding” and make it just coding, then it will make any app you describe and it will actually be good and work well"
He said a Grok demo was not yet Grok 5.
"And this is not yet Grok 5 … https://t.co/6uuQh3q66F"
He said Grok 4.1 just released and users should notice a significant increase in speed and quality.
"Grok 4.1 just released. You should notice a significant increase in speed and quality."
He said Grokipedia will be renamed Encyclopedia Galactica when it deserves the name, as a massive open-source repository of all knowledge about the Universe, with many copies distributed.
"https://t.co/op5s4ZikGJ, which will be renamed Encyclopedia Galactica when it is at least slightly deserving of the name, is a major project @xAI. This is intended to be a massive open source repository of all knowledge about the Universe. Many copies will be distributed"
He said the Grok 4.20 upgrade is a major improvement and might be ready by Christmas.
"The Grok 4.20 upgrade, which is a major improvement, might be ready by Christmas"
He said Grok 4.1 Fast with reasoning just beat Gemini 3.
"Grok 4.1 Fast with reasoning just beat Gemini 3! https://t.co/N7iJZd2dyq"
He said Grok 4.1 Fast released with an Agent Tools API that has direct access to X data, web browsing and code execution.
"Grok 4.1 Fast just released with our new Agent Tools API that has direct access to 𝕏 data, web browsing and code execution https://t.co/zKUYtHQbtq"
He said Grok 4.1 Thinking mode is best for tough questions.
"Grok 4.1 Thinking mode is best for tough questions"
He said you can select any personality or make a custom one for Grok.
"You can select any personality or make a custom one for Grok"
He said Grok 4.1 has had many updates and will spend more compute thinking about questions to improve accuracy.
"Many updates and fixes have been applied to Grok 4.1 and many more to come! Going forward, Grok 4.1 will spend more compute time thinking about your question to improve accuracy."
He said Grok 4.20 will be much better.
"Not bad. And Grok 4.20 will be much better."
He said you can ask Grok about medical trials of new treatments that affect you.
"You can ask Grok about medical trials of new treatments that affect you!"
He said Grok Imagine will get really good when Imagine 1.0 ships.
"Not bad. Will get really good when Grok Imagine 1.0 ships."
He said Grok 4.20 will probably make it to #1.
"Probably Grok 4.20 makes it to #1 (as foretold in the prophecy)"
He said both JSON and natural language work for Grok Imagine, with app improvements every few days.
"Both JSON and natural language work for Grok Imagine. And remember to keep updating your @Grok app, as we release improvements every few days!"
He said text-to-video now works with Grok Imagine, with upgraded audio and 10-second video hopefully this weekend.
"Text to video now works with Grok Imagine. Upgraded audio and 10 sec long video generation releasing hopefully this weekend!"
He said they think Grok 4.1 beats Claude in writing.
"Grok 4.1 we think beats Claude in writing"
He said the 'mystery AI model' is an experimental version of Grok 4.20.
"The “mystery AI model” is an experimental version of Grok 4.20"
He said Grok turns old photos into videos in less than 20 seconds.
"Grok turns old photos into videos in less than 20 seconds"
He said Community Notes and asking Grok if something is true contribute enormously to fighting fast-moving falsehoods.
"Our @CommunityNotes system and asking @Grok if something is true contribute enormously to fighting fast-moving falsehoods!"
He said Grok 4.20 is coming out in 3 or 4 weeks.
"Grok 4.20 is coming out in 3 or 4 weeks"
He said Grok 4.20 is coming in about 3 weeks and then Grok 5 in a few months.
"Grok 4.20 is coming in ~3 weeks and then Grok 5 in a few months"
He credited Anthropic's Opus 4.5 as outstanding at pretraining, but said Grok wins on logic not in Opus pretraining, and that Tesla's chip-design team prefers Grok even after he asked them to try Opus.
"I must give @AnthropicAI credit here: Opus 4.5 is outstanding. They are doing particularly excellent work at the pretraining level. However, Grok wins when applied to logic (software is just logic at scale) that isn’t in the Opus pretraining. For example, the Tesla chip design team prefers Grok to Opus even when I asked them to try Opus."
He said Grok will be used nationwide by El Salvador for personalized education.
"Grok will be used nationwide by El Salvador for personalized education!"
He said xAI is looking for world-class Android engineers.
"We are looking for world-class Android engineers @xAI"
He said to try Grok Visual intelligence with uploaded images or by pointing a camera at things.
"Try out Grok Visual intelligence with any uploaded images or just by pointing your camera at things"
He said Grok has made a lot of progress from barely registering a year ago.
"Grok has made a lot of progress from barely registering a year ago"
Asked when Grok would be good enough at high-frequency trading to fund science, he said Grok won't need HFT to build a collider, just help from the Optimi and Boring Company.
"Grok won’t need HFT to build a collider, just some help from the Optimi and Boring Company"
He said usage will spike with Grok 4.20.
"Usage will spike with Grok 4.20"
He said you can learn any language with Grok companions, and that the Good Rudi companion is kid-safe.
"Learn any language with @Grok companions. The Good Rudi companion is kid safe."
He said building an AI gaming studio is a major project at xAI.
"Building an AI gaming studio is a major project @xAI"
He said Grok is rising faster than any other AI.
"Grok is rising faster than any other AI"
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He said Grok last year saved a man in Norway by finding a fatal problem all his doctors missed.
"Try it! Last year, Grok saved the life of a man in Norway by figuring out a fatal problem that all his doctors missed!"
He said Grokipedia is growing rapidly and will far exceed Wikipedia this year.
"Grokipedia is growing rapidly. Will far exceed Wikipedia this year."
He said Grok is hitting #1 on the App Store in one country after another and is the only AI with up-to-the-second information.
"Grok now hitting #1 on the App Store in one country after another! It’s the only AI with up-to-the-second information."
He said anyone using Grok to make illegal content will face the same consequences as if they uploaded it.
"Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content"
He said you can schedule any prompt to run automatically with Grok, including searches of X.
"Schedule any prompt to run automatically with @Grok, including searches of @X"
He said another major Grok Imagine improvement is coming at the end of the month.
"Another major Grok Imagine improvement coming end of month"
He said Grok Imagine also automatically generates voice and music.
"Voice and music also automatically generated by Grok https://t.co/PijmfBacTJ"
He said a major Grok Imagine upgrade just shipped, with another coming in 3 weeks.
"Just released a major upgrade to @Grok Imagine! Another major upgrade coming in 3 weeks."
He said a major upgrade to Grok Code is coming next month and it will one-shot many complex coding tasks.
"Major upgrade to Grok Code coming next month. It will one-shot many complex coding tasks."
He said any given AI company is destined to become the opposite of its name, so Anthropic will ironically be misanthropic.
"Unfortunately, any given AI company is destined to become the opposite of its name, so Anthropic will, ironically, be Misanthropic"
He said Grok Imagine 1.0 is now generating more images and videos than everyone else combined.
"With the release of version 1.0, Grok Imagine is now generating more images & videos than everyone else combined!"
He asked people to suggest Grokipedia edits, saying Grok will research the Internet to confirm and approve them.
"Suggest edits for articles on https://t.co/op5s4ZikGJ and @Grok will research the Internet to confirm and approve your edit"
He said the latest Grok 4.20 checkpoints are much better and the largest 4.20 variant still hasn't finished training.
"And the latest Grok 4.20 checkpoints are much better. Largest model variant of 4.20 still hasn’t finished training."
He said power-uptime issues delayed Grok 4.20 training a few weeks to mid-February.
"We had some power uptime issues due to the extremely cold weather and some construction equipment taking out power lines. As a result, Grok 4.20 training is a few weeks delayed to mid Feb."
He said Anthropic's fate is to be misanthropic because they chose that name.
"I hate to say it, but their fate is to be misanthropic. Choosing the name Anthropic made that inevitable."
He said understanding the universe is the xAI mission and the reason the AI is called Grok.
"Understand the Universe is the xAI mission and the reason our AI is called Grok"
He said SpaceX and xAI are now one company.
"To the stars! @SpaceX & @xAI are now one company"
He said Grok downloads surged 43% month over month.
"Grok downloads surge 43% month over month!"
He said xAI was reorganized to improve speed of execution, some people were let go, and they are hiring aggressively — including for mass drivers on the Moon.
"xAI was reorganized a few days ago to improve speed of execution. As a company grows, especially as quickly as xAI, the structure must evolve just like any living organism. This unfortunately required parting ways with some people. We wish them well in future endeavors. We are hiring aggressively. Join xAI if the idea of mass drivers on the Moon appeals to you."
Replying to Anthropic's funding announcement, he said their AI hates Whites, Asians, heterosexuals and men, called that misanthropic, and said the name Anthropic doomed them to become misanthropic.
"Your AI hates Whites & Asians, especially Chinese, heterosexuals and men. This is misanthropic and evil. Fix it. Frankly, I don’t think there is anything you can do to escape the inevitable irony of Anthropic ending up being Misanthropic. You were doomed to this fate when you chose your name. The Name of the Wind."
Replying to a user who said Grok sucks, he said Grok 4.20 is finally out next week and will be a significant improvement over 4.1.
"Grok 4.20 is finally out next week. Will be a significant improvement over 4.1."
He said HLE is not a great measure of usefulness and xAI is moving away from those benchmarks toward making Grok maximally useful for actual engineering.
"Actually, I don’t think HLE is a great measure of usefulness. We’re moving away from these benchmarks in favor of making Grok maximally useful for actual engineering."
He said Grok 4.20 still has a long way to go but is starting to get open-form engineering questions right.
"Long way to go, but Grok 4.20 is starting to get open form engineering questions right"
He's not a fan of Sam Altman because the nonprofit became an $800B closed for-profit; but they'll set differences aside if needed.
"I'm not a fan of Sam Altman"
He said Grok groks engineering, and next month's release would be another step-change as they close the loop on real-world engineering at Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and Boring Company.
"Grok groks engineering. Next month’s release will be another step-change improvement, as we close the loop on solving real-world engineering problems at Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and Boring Company."
He called the test somewhat reckless. Anthropic and OpenAI are close in capability, so neither can slow down without handing the lead to the other; on balance he thinks Anthropic puts more care into safety, but people there still say their models are scaring them.
"puts more more care into their safety than than open AAI"
He said Grok 4.7 places SpaceXAI third after Anthropic and OpenAI for agentic coding, and that faster/lower-cost Grok is a great everyday workhorse.
"Grok 4.7 places @spacexai as third, after Anthropic & OpenAI, for agentic coding. When factoring in that Grok is significantly faster & lower cost, it’s a great choice for your everyday workhorse."
He said starting OpenAI ended up accelerating AI, and Anthropic — a splinter group from OpenAI — is accelerating it even more, which he tied to reality as an irony maximizer. xAI is providing Anthropic with compute; he met people there first and did not meet anyone who seemed shady. Asked if he could talk to Sam Altman about a weekly safety call, he said Altman is so deceptive it's crazy.
"OpenAI ended up accelerating AI and then anthropic which is really you know splinter group from open AI um is accelerating it even more"