X Tests Expanded Grok Prompts and Functions In-Stream

If you’ve used X at all in the past few weeks, you’d be well aware that Grok exists and is now available to help you create images, research trends, explain posts, etc.

That’s because X promotes its AI chatbot everywhere it can in the app, with a Grok button in the sidebar and another in the post compose window, as well as Grok in-stream ads, a Grok “explain this post” icon on every post, and more .

Yes, X really wants more people to use it “anti-wake” chatbotand its extended capabilities.

And soon you’ll see even more Grok options in the stream, as X considers adding more options for composing posts, as well as suggested questions for Grok to ask in select posts.

First, about the composer options, as you can see in this example, shared by the app researcher @swak_12X is working on a simplified “Generate Image” option within the post builder, along with “Improve Your Post”, which could be accessed via the xAI icon:

This will make it easy to add AI-generated visuals to accompany your update, while post enhancement options will offer ways to customize and improve your posts, based on AI recommendations.

As you can see, there is also a “Fix the facts” option within your update. Who, given Grok’s record of accuracyit may not be entirely factual.

There are also options to shorten your update, in case you exceed the character limit, or to give your posts an alternate personality, in case yours aren’t very interesting.

This, as with all AI post composer options, seems to run counter to the actual “social” elements of social media, as it removes the human element from the equation. But xAI is spending a bunch to power your Grok toolsso it really cares that more people use them wherever they can.

On another front, X is also making an appearance Grok generated queries which is displayed below the posts in the stream:

This could help give you more context about the update, by prompting you to ask questions you never thought to ask. Which, conceivably, could help improve contextual understanding as you scroll, but again, it also diminishes the human element. And if users can simply use Grok to artificially simulate the character they want to be in the app, which no longer feels as social, or as human, as the social platforms of the past.

But maybe we’re beyond that anyway, and maybe, given the ever-increasing array of generative AI tools on offer, this will be the future, whether we like it or not, with more and more robot-powered elements to offer us all the time. extended possibilities.

Anyway, as noted, xAI has to pay the bills somehow, as it seems to be living up to its hype An estimate of $50 billionand it’s clear that X wants AI to be a bigger part of the in-app experience, in almost every form.

It still feels artificial, but Meta also wants to present AI generated character profilesit seems that more and more of our interactions will be with created entities in the future, no matter how we look at it.

So it doesn’t seem like an overly good thing to make it easier for bots to publish, but it may also be inevitable.

And who knows? Maybe these additions will actually make us smarter, more informed, and provide a better understanding of the world.

That was the original promise of social networking apps, where giving everyone a voice would allow for greater perspective and thus greater understanding and tolerance.

It didn’t end up like that, and I doubt that generative AI tools will help either. But they are coming, whether you like it or not. So it’s probably best to focus on the positives.