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X is reportedly testing a free version of its Grok AI chatbot.
Grok is currently limited to X Premium users, but the company is now testing a non-premium version of Grok in New Zealand, TechCrunch reports.
According to an X user named Swak, an account must be at least seven days old and have a linked phone number to use the free Grok. Additionally, testers are allowed to ask the Grok-2 model 10 questions every two hours and the Grok-2 mini model 20 questions every two hours. They can also "analyze up to 3 images per day," says Swak.
At launch, xAI's Grok-2 model had outperformed competitor models such as OpenAI's GPT 4o-mini, Claude's 3.5 Sonnet, Google's Gemini Advanced, and Meta's Llama 3.1, according to a rating system run by the University of California, Berkeley.
Like other chatbots, however, Grok has also had issues with providing false information.
X's new free offering comes amid reports that alternatives like Bluesky and Threads are picking up users who have dropped the Elon Musk-owned social network.