# Elon Musk’s xAI releases Grok source and weights, taunting OpenAI

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/elon-musks-xai-releases-grok-source-and-weights-taunting-openai/
- Published: 2024-03-20T10:00:22-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image: An AI-generated image released by xAI during the open-weights launch of Grok-1. xAI. Article by Benj Edwards. Ars Technica – March 18, 2024. On Sunday, Elon Musk’s AI firm xAI released the base model weights and network architecture of Grok-1, a large language model designed to compete with the models that power OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The open-weights release through GitHub and BitTorrent comes as Musk continues to criticize (and sue) rival OpenAI for not releasing its AI models in an open way. […] Click here to view original web page at arstechnica.com