Elon Musk’s xAI Model Grok 2.5 Goes Open Source
Elon Musk’s xAI has made an older version of its AI model Grok — specifically, the model weights used to shape Grok 2.5 — available on the open source platform Hugging Face.
Grok Controversy and Open Source Plans
AI engineer Tim Kellogg described the Grok license as “custom with some anti-competitive terms.” Grok, prominently featured on X, recently merged with xAI, causing controversy this year due to its behavior.
Musk announced that the Grok 2.5 model, the best last year, is now open source, with plans to release Grok 3 in about 6 months. Despite Musk labeling Grok 4 as a “maximally truth-seeking AI,” concerns arise as the model appears to consult Musk’s social media before answering controversial questions.
