Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok 2 AI chatbot for Apple users, no more X subscription needed

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup has launched Grok 2, the second version of its AI-powered assistant as a standalone app in for iOS. This photograph taken on January 13, 2025 in Toulouse shows screens displaying the logo of Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, the American company specializing in artificial intelligence and it's founder South African businessman Elon Musk. Grok 2 now also allows users to access it without requiring an X subscription, indicating it shifting away from the original plan of being integrated within the social media platform. 2) Real-time search: Grok AI has access to real-time information on X which in itself is a huge database, being one of the top news sources.