Grok Bot: A Hands-On Review of xAI's New AI Teammate
In his newsletter, Ben's Bites, Ben Tossell provides his insights on Grok Bot, the AI agent platform from xAI. This platform allows users to develop 'personified' agents through targeted prompts that can communicate and interact with virtual computers. Users can link their Gmail and Slack accounts, although Tossell encountered some challenges. He commends its user-friendliness compared to Codex or Claude. Access to Grok Bot is restricted to users on the $200 plan for either Cursor or Grok. Powered by Grok 4.6, Grok Bot is set to upgrade to Grok 4.7 in the next 3-4 weeks, utilizing data from SpaceX. Tossell highlights that Grok 4.6's capabilities rival those of Sol and Fable but at a lower cost. The newsletter also discusses new features of ChatGPT and an open-source version of Grok Bot.
Key facts
- Grok Bot is xAI's new AI agent platform, currently in early beta.
- Users can create personified agents with system prompts and virtual computers.
- Grok Bot is accessible only to users on the $200 plan for Cursor or Grok.
- Grok Bot is powered by Grok 4.6, with Grok 4.7 expected in 3-4 weeks.
- Grok 4.7 is being post-trained on SpaceX's data to excel in real-world engineering.
- Grok 4.6 is near Sol and Fable's performance on benchmarks but cheaper.
- ChatGPT now allows importing projects and agent sessions from other products like Claude Code.
- Claude's Chrome extension chats are now saved and accessible across devices.
- An open-source version of Grok Bot exists.
- A farmer destroyed nearly 25 acres of his own crop after following an AI app's advice.
- Claude fixed WiFi speeds from 200 to 810 Mbps.
- Vercel is using a software factory of agents to build their AI SDK, with 35% of PRs from the factory.
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