5 things about AI you might have missed today: Elon Musk’s xAI to open-source Grok; AI problems hit manufacturing, more

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AI roundup: Elon Musk's AI startup xAI will open-source OpenAI rival Grok, it has been revealed today. Grok is a chatbot which was announced for X. Now, Musk says he will open-source Grok AI chatbot, which means its source code will be freely available to everyone. In other news, the manufacturing industry is struggling to integrate AI and automation into their business process. Know more about what is happening in the world of AI today.

xAI, Musk's AI startup company has announced it will make its large language model called Grok open-source, according to a Reuters report. Musk also shared a post on X saying, “This week, @xAI will open source Grok.” This comes quickly in the wake of Musk slapping a lawsuit against OpenAI for turning the nature of the Sam Altman-led company into a for-profit entity instead of the non-profit that it started out originally as.

While various industries benefit from advanced technologies such as AI, 98 percent of manufacturing chief information officers (CIOs) claim that data challenges are the biggest concern to innovation and adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies. The recent studies highlight how leaders in the manufacturing industry have been struggling to adopt AI. The report said, “Business leaders recognise that better collaboration can enhance product quality (88%) and time-to-market (86%),” according to a Tech Circle report.

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Gupshup, a SaaS-based conversational messaging platform highlights how AI has benefited the company in client budgets for experimental digital initiatives. The report highlighted that the company experienced a 43 percent growth in revenue with 22.5 percent of increase in profits. Gaurav Kachhawa, chief product officer of Gupshup said, “As companies across industries and geographies added more business verticals, cut down on physical stores, and increased their budgets for digital channels, we saw a lot more demand for our tools,”