Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) startup, xAI, has launched a new consumer app called Grok, providing users access to the company's chatbot. The Grok app, currently in beta, is available for free on iOS and features xAI's latest model, Grok 2.

The AI startup launched its first stand-alone consumer app, as the company tries to catch up with more established players such as OpenAI and Google in the generative AI race.

AI started testing Grok’s standalone iOS app in December in a handful of countries. There’s no word on when it may come to Android. Though Grok was initially only available t

Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni said her government is in talks with private companies, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX, over the country’s telecoms security system, but denied having discussed the issue privately with Musk.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Jan. 9 that she has not talked personally with Elon Musk about a deal with SpaceX.