X Premium users in India can now access the Grok AI chatbot

Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot on X (formerly Twitter) is reaching to more users on the platform. Previously, the chatbot was available to X Premium Plus users, however, now it is reaching X Premium users, a tier below Plus. The access to the chatbot, however, is region-specific for now. Interestingly, several Indian users are also able to access the AI chatbot.

Grok AI chatbot is now available to X Premium users

X has three subscription tiers, namely, Basic – Rs 399, Premium – Rs 900, and Premium Plus – Rs 2,299 (mobile prices). On desktop, the subscriptions are cheaper. X Premium monthly subscription is Rs 650, whereas, X Premium Plus monthly subscription costs Rs 1,300. Yearly, the desktop monthly plans are Rs 6,800 and Rs 13,600, respectively.

The Grok AI chatbot was so far available to Premium Plus users, making it inaccessible to a large audience. Now, however, with Grok’s access to Premium users, it will be used by several people, increasing its user base.

Grok is Elon Musk’s alternative to Google’s Gemini AI and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. However, both AI services have their own free versions. In fact, Gemini AI features now come in-built in smartphones like Galaxy S24 and Pixel 8. That said, it won’t be easier to increase Grok’s user base since it’s under a paywall. But making it accessible to Premium subscribers may still help.

Musk is going aggressive with Grok. The X app now also has the Grok button in the middle so more users know about it.

Unlike some other AI chatbots, Grok can give you witty responses. It has two modes Regular mode and Fun mode. The latter offers humorous responses, whereas, the former is for those who want straight answers.

The chatbot can also summarize news topics trending on X. Summarized news can be accessed from the Explore tab. AI chatbots summarizing stories isn’t new, however, Grok also gives a headline on its own and presents the summarized topics, making it convenient.

In other news about X, Musk last week announced that he will give free X Premium subscriptions to accounts with 2,500 verified subscriber followers. Accounts with 5,000 verified subscriber followers will get X Premium+ for free.