Elon Musk says xAI will open source its Grok chatbot this week

, xAI will open source its Grok chatbot. The founder of the company, whose artificial intelligence assistant is available to Premium+ subscribers on the X, did not reveal any other details about the decision, which takes effect this week.

This isn’t the first time Musk’s company has made its proprietary technology available. What was Tesla a decade ago is now adopted by nearly every major automaker. Meanwhile, X powered its “For You” algorithm feed last year.

as pointed out that Musk may hope that by allowing third-party developers and researchers to delve into Grok’s code, he can increase adoption of the model. The developer community can also provide feedback that can be used to improve Grok.

Open-sourcing Grok may also be seen as a dig at OpenAI. Earlier this month, Musk was accused of putting profits first and abandoning its original nonprofit mission for the company he co-founded. The lawsuit describes OpenAI as a “de facto closed-source subsidiary” of Microsoft, which has invested $13 billion in OpenAI and owns 49% of the shares. OpenAI claims he wants to merge the company with Tesla and become its CEO.