Grok is an artificial intelligence chat assistant created by xAI, inspired by the smart assistant in science fiction novels. It was developed by the xAI team founded by Elon Musk, with the goal of helping humans understand the world, answer questions, and even have a little sense of humor. The latest version is Grok 3 (as of February 22, 2025), which is more powerful and can also connect with the X platform, allowing you to ask questions while reading posts.
Grok official website address: https://Grok.com/
Real-time Internet search
Grok is able to access X (Twitter) data, provide the latest current news and hot news, and is more real-time than other AIs, such as ChatGPT 3.5, which cannot be connected to the Internet.
Dialogue and content generation
Supports various tasks such as intelligent Q&A, writing assistance, code generation, language translation, etc.
It has a Musk-style sense of humor and straightforward expression, and has a more personalized answer method than other AIs.
Data analysis and intelligent recommendation
It can provide customized news summary, topic trend analysis, market information, etc. according to users' social media usage habits.
Code writing and debugging
It has programming capabilities, can be used for code generation, debugging and optimization, and supports mainstream programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, and C++.
Subscription Level
Subscription Level | price | Include content | Applicable objects |
Premium+ | $30/month | Grok 3 Basic Access Basic API functions Basic technical support | Individual user |
Super Grok | $300/year | Full feature access Enterprise-level API Deep Search Exclusive support | Enterprise users |
API call price
Operation Type | Token Price | illustrate |
Enter Tokens | $0.002/1K | Prompt word cost |
Enter Tokens | $0.006/1K | Cost of generating content |
DeepSearch | $0.004/1K | Additional search costs |
Grok Subscription Tutorial:
advantage
Strong reasoning ability: He is particularly good at mathematics, science and programming, and his test scores beat many opponents.
DeepSearch: Like a smart search engine, it can help you find information and organize it into simple answers.
Humorous and straightforward: Unlike some AIs that are too "political correct", Grok 3 has a relaxed tone and dares to talk about sensitive topics.
Versatile: able to process text and pictures, and there will be voice functions in the future.
X Platform Integration: If you like to use X, you can directly use Grok 3 to read news summary or respond to posts.
shortcoming
The correctness of numbers is low: For example, I asked him to sort out the past interest rate distribution records of Taiwan Stock Exchange ETFs. His target, interest rate and amount will be nonsense, so the data accuracy is lower than that of ChatGPT.
Number of times limits: The free version has a limited number of times asked every day. If you ask too many questions, you have to wait for tomorrow or pay for it.
Beta version of small bug: It's still under testing, and it may occasionally be a little unstable.
The source is unclear: Sometimes the answer does not include reference materials, so you have to check it yourself.
Chinese is slightly weak: it can be used in Chinese, but its understanding of Chinese semantics is not as good as a model designed specifically for Chinese.
Requires Internet connection: The function will be discounted when offline.
About the free trial
Q1: When will the free trial service be expanded to other regions?
A: The X platform said it will gradually expand to other regions around the world based on New Zealand's testing situation, and no specific timetable has been announced yet. It is recommended that you pay close attention to the official announcements and social media of the X platform for the latest news.
Q2: Will there be any limitations in the functions of the free version?
A: Yes, the free version mainly has limitations in the frequency of use and some advanced functions, such as the number of query times, the number of image analysis times, the upper limit of word processing for long text, etc.
About API Services
Q3: How to ensure data security by API services?
A: Grok API adopts multiple encryption mechanisms, including transport layer encryption and data storage encryption, to ensure that data is strictly protected during transmission and storage. In addition, Grok API also provides a complete authentication mechanism and access permission control to prevent unauthorized access.
Q4: What programming languages does Grok API support?
A: Grok API interacts based on standard HTTP requests, so it theoretically supports all programming languages that can send HTTP requests, including but not limited to Python, JavaScript, Java, C#, Go, etc.