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Grok AI is developed by xAI to provide a fast, accurate and “anti-mainstream” perspective of information. Grok 3 (supports real-time access to network data and posts on X platform, which gives it an advantage in getting the latest news. According to user feedback on X platform, Grok 3 can access real-time data as of April 10, 2025 (. While the Grok 3 API currently does not have real-time access to external web pages (according to xAI's API documentation), Grok's chat interface can do this.
1. Real-time: You can access the latest posts and web search results on the X platform.
2. Multimodal support: It can not only process text, but also analyze images, links and other content.
3. Anti-mainstream Perspective: Grok tends to provide unconventional perspectives that may help you discover information that mainstream media ignores.
To use Grok to get the latest news, you first need to access Grok's chat interface. The following are the specific steps:
Open X Platform (web version or mobile app).
Make sure you have an X account and that the account has been created for more than 7 days and has a mobile phone number bound (required by free users).
If you are a Premium or Premium+ user, you can enjoy a higher usage limit (for example, Premium+ users can generate 50 images or more requests per day).
Find the entrance to Grok in the left sidebar (web version) or the bottom navigation bar (mobile version) of the X platform.
Click to enter the chat interface of Grok.
If you are using Grok 3, make sure the interface shows "Grok 3" or "Grok 3 + Aurora" (Aurora is Grok's image generation model).
Grok 3 has access to real-time data as of April 6, 2025 (according to post by X user @William17861680). This means it can get the latest X posts and web search results.
If you need updated data (for example after April 6), try asking Grok if you can access more recent information, or search for the latest posts directly on X platform and then let Grok analyze these posts.
Grok supports a variety of ways to get the latest news, the following are specific methods and examples:
Operation: Enter your question in the Grok chat interface and clearly require "latest" information.
Example:
Chinese: "Please tell me the latest technology news as of April 10, 2025."
English: “What are the latest tech news updates as of April 10, 2025?”
Results: Grok will provide answers based on its pre-trained knowledge base (as of early 2025) and real-time data (as of April 6). If there is updates (such as the April 9 news), Grok may mention, for example:
According to TechCrunch (April 9, 2025), xAI has launched Grok 3's API, aiming to compete with OpenAI's GPT-4o, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude.
According to Reuters (April 8, 2025), Elon Musk's DOGE (Government Efficiency Division) is using Grok AI to monitor communications from federal employees, causing privacy and ethical controversy.
Action: Search the topics you are interested in (such as "AI Latest News") on the X platform, find the latest posts, and then let Grok analyze these posts.
Example:
You found a post on X (@shao__meng, April 8, 2025): "I used Gemini and Grok's in-depth search, and my biggest feeling is that there is no domestic news source, so I feel at ease when using it." You can copy this post to Grok and ask, "What is the in-depth search of Grok mentioned in this post? Is there any more relevant information?"
Results: Grok may explain that "deep search" refers to real-time web search capabilities and supplements with more background information such as how Grok avoids using unreliable news sources.
Action: If you find a picture related to the news (such as a screenshot of the news), you can upload the picture and let Grok analyze it.
Example:
You uploaded a screenshot of the news titled "Elon Musk's xAI Acquires X for $33 Billion" (Reuters, March 28, 2025). You can ask Grok: "What is the background of this news? What impact does it have on Grok's development?"
Results: Grok may answer:
The news mentioned that xAI acquired the X platform for $33 billion, which will allow xAI to directly access X's 600 million active user data (according to @XieJackie's post), reducing Grok's training costs. In addition, the X platform can serve as a real-time data source for Grok, further improving its real-time information capabilities.
Action: Check whether Grok provides real-time information subscription capabilities (such as notifications via X platform).
Example: You can ask Grok: "How do you subscribe to your live tech news update?" If Grok supports this feature, it will guide you to set up notifications.
Results: Grok may push the latest tech news, such as xAI launches the Grok 3 API (April 9, 2025) or Grok's application in cryptocurrency trading (Cointelegraph, April 7, 2025).
To provide Grok with more accurate and useful latest news, you can use the following tips:
Since there may be delays in Grok's real-time data (as of April 6), clarify the time range when asking questions. For example:
“Tell me about AI-related news from April 1 to April 10, 2025.”
This can help Grok focus on a specific time period and avoid returning outdated information.
If you trust certain sources more, you can ask Grok to get information from a specific platform or media. For example:
“Get the AI news for April 2025 from Reuters or TechCrunch.”
Grok may return to Reuters (April 8, 2025) reports on DOGE's use of Grok to monitor federal employees.
Grok is known for his “anti-mainstream” perspective and can ask it to provide information from different angles. For example:
“Analyze the launch of the Grok 3 API from the perspective of mainstream media and X users.”
Grok might mention:
Mainstream Media (TechCrunch, April 9, 2025): The Grok 3 API is priced high and has a small context window, which has been criticized by users.
X User (@shao__meng, April 8, 2025): Grok's in-depth search feature has received praise for not relying on unreliable domestic news sources.
Grok may quote X posts, but these posts may contain unproven information. Grok is required to verify trustworthiness, for example:
"Is the Grok in-depth search mentioned in this X post (@shao__meng) true? Is there any official source support?"
Grok might answer: "The deep search mentioned by @shao__meng may refer to Grok's real-time web search capabilities, but no official source confirms the specifics. The xAI documentation mentions that Grok 3 supports real-time data access, which may be consistent with the user experience."
When using Grok to get the latest news, you need to pay attention to the following points:
Grok's real-time data as of April 6, 2025 (according to @William17861680's post), the latest news after April 6 may not be available. If you need updated information, you can search for the latest posts directly on X platform and then let Grok analyze it.
Grok may quote X posts, but these posts may contain unproven information. For example, @shao__meng mentioned that Grok does not rely on domestic news sources, but this is just a user's opinion and lacks official confirmation. Always ask Grok to provide multi-party sources or verification information.
Grok is designed to be "anti-mainstream" and may tend to offer an unconventional perspective. For example, Grok once called Elon Musk "the biggest disinformationist" (News18, March 31, 2025), which may reflect bias in its training data. When obtaining information, Grok can be asked to provide multiple perspectives to balance the information.
Free users can generate 4 images or send 10 messages per day (every 2 hours). If more requests are required, you can upgrade to a Premium or Premium+ account.
If the limit is reached, Grok will prompt you to wait or upgrade your account.
If you upload images or sensitive information (such as news screenshots), be aware of privacy risks. Grok may use this data for training (according to Hindustan Times, March 31, 2025, xAI may use images uploaded by users to train AI).
The following is a specific operation example to help you obtain the latest AI-related information:
"Please tell me about AI-related news from April 1 to April 10, 2025."
Grok 3 API launch (TechCrunch, April 9, 2025): xAI launches Grok 3 API, priced at the same price as Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet, but higher than Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro. Users criticized their context window for being smaller and xAI was accused of misleading data in benchmarks.
DOGE uses Grok to monitor federal employees (Reuters, April 8, 2025): Elon Musk's DOGE department is using Grok AI to monitor federal employees' communications, causing privacy and ethical controversy.
Application of Grok 3 in cryptocurrency trading (Cointelegraph, April 7, 2025): Grok 3 is used to automate cryptocurrency trading to provide decision support by analyzing social media sentiment and technical indicators.
Grok 3 surpasses DeepSeek-R1 (The Times of India, April 6, 2025): Grok 3 surpasses China's DeepSeek-R1 in performance, but its training uses 200,000 H100 GPUs, which is expensive.
If you are interested in a piece of news (such as the Grok 3 API), you can continue to ask: "What are the specific details of the pricing and features of the Grok 3 API?" Grok may answer:
Pricing: Grok 3 is $5/million input token, $25/million output token; Grok 3 Mini is $0.60/million input token, $4/million output token (TechCrunch, April 9, 2025).
Function: Supports text generation and image generation, but the context window is smaller (user feedback).