On March 11th, Elon Musk announced the open sourcing of xAI's AI chatbot Grok-1 on GitHub. This move enables researchers and developers to leverage and impact the future development of Grok-1. The open release includes the base model weights and network architecture of the 314 billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts model, Grok-1. Despite lacking specific fine-tuning, it is expected to be beneficial for coding generation, creative writing, and answering questions. Elon Musk's decision to open source Grok-1 aligns with his previous stance on the transparency of AI models. The release is under the Apache 2.0 license, facilitating commercial use. However, it does not include the data used for training or real-time data connections. This move comes after Musk's acquisition of Twitter (now X) and his public criticism of companies that do not open source their AI models. The industry has seen limited open-source AI models, with Meta's Llama 2 being an example. While offering research for free, Meta charges a fee to customers and restricts developers from iterating on top of Llama 2. This development signals xAI's effort to garner feedback and improve its AI model. Early reception of Grok as a paid subscriber-exclusive chatbot was underwhelming, lacking the creativity and features to stand out against other advanced alternatives.