Xai’s debut about the Grok 3 AI model allowed CEO Elon Musk and his team to show the power of Grok’s latest version. However, a little lost in the fireworks of the comparative evaluation is what happens to the Grok 2 model. While Grok 3 is exclusive to the premium+ subscribers in X, Grok 2 will be even more accessible than before, since soon It will be open source.
Grok 2 has been the predetermined model for each Grok user, but the underlying engine will now have the opportunity to spread much more. In general, the models of the large companies are blocked. He gets access to them through pay subscriptions, and can use them, but he really can’t see how they work or modify them to meet their specific needs. Grok 2 of open emission means that developers can deepen their code and customize it for use in completely new applications.
However, it is not clear how open the open source version of Grok 2. Sometimes, companies say open source even when they retain or retain at least a little of their patented work. Even so, it is likely that Grok 2 will have a second life in the hands of an open source community that can adjust and experiment with it.
Despite his name, Operai has moved away from the open source. His most powerful models remain owners. GPT-4, for example, remains blocked, without an open source version in sight. Musk’s deliberate contrast with Operai certainly appears, at least a little.
After declaring his distrust of the CEO of Operai, Sam Altman, the past fall, Musk highlighted his plan for open source XAI models after completing the next iteration to contrast with the creator of Chatgpt.
It is worth noting that @xai has been and will open the code of its models, including the weights and everything, as we create the next version, we open the previous version, as we did with Grok 1 when Grok 2 was launched.October 4, 2024
Open thought
It is not that Xai is unique in searching for open source vision. Goal has ventured into the open source movement by releasing aspects of their flame models since they first launched. The sudden superstar of the AI, Deepseek, based in China, has also been pressing the open source AI.
The open source of Grok 2 means that they could lead to some intriguing tools that appear outside the usual walled gardens. We could see smaller companies and independent developers that use it to create custom chatbots and personalized assistants, such as a chatbot of completely trained in classical literature or one that helps independent video games developers to generate traditions for their worlds. They could demonstrate that you do not need a multimillionaire wall garden to develop something innovative.
On the other hand, some of these creations will depend on what type of limitations will be baking in the launch. Even if Xai means it when he says that Grok 2 will be open source, the company could still have its cake and eat it too. The company can keep its avant -garde products exclusive, but allow people to have the previous version to generate good will, get free innovation of independent developers and perhaps attract more people to register in Grok.
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