The updated version of X.ai's AI model, Grok-1.5, has been launched to compete in the generative AI chatbot market. This version surpasses its predecessor, Grok-1, in various tasks, particularly excelling in coding and mathematical tasks. It shows significant improvements in reasoning abilities, outperforming benchmarks such as MATH, HumanEval, MMLU, GSM8K, and Mistral Large. X.ai also plans to introduce new features to Grok 1.5 in the near future, although the model is not yet available to users.

The integration of Grok-1.5 is expected to enhance the user experience for X customers. They will be able to get direct answers to their queries within the platform, without the need to visit a web browser. The chatbot offers two modes - regular and fun - catering to different user preferences. While the regular mode provides straightforward answers, the fun mode presents information in a humorous way. Currently, Grok is only accessible to premium users of X, suggesting a move towards establishing X as an all-encompassing application.