X has rolled out some new methods to make use of its Grok AI chatbot, with profile evaluation now obtainable to paying X Premium subscribers, in addition to the capability to ask Grok about any time period or phrase by highlighting it within the app.

X first previewed its profile evaluation possibility earlier this month, which provides a brand new “Extra about this account” possibility on the profile display.

It’s solely obtainable on desktop at current, and once more, it’s solely obtainable to X Premium subscribers (as with Grok general).

However for many who have it, tapping on the button will then give you an AI generated abstract of the profile, together with a basic description, an outline of how lengthy the profile has been lively, what number of followers it has, and what it frequently posts about.

Okay, I’m tipping that this one wasn’t written by Grok, and that Elon’s crew had one thing to do with placing his personal profile abstract collectively. However you get the thought, the method is meant that can assist you higher perceive who runs every account, and what they publish about, with a easy abstract.

Why is that useful?

Nicely, it might assist you to determine on whether or not to observe a profile or not, whereas the extra context might additionally assist you to uncover bot and/or ragebait accounts.

For instance, in the event you get an aggressive response to your publish, and also you head to that profile and faucet by to get a Grok abstract, you may then uncover that the account has solely been lively for a couple of weeks, and as such, it is probably not price your time in response. It might additionally reveal political leanings, and different potential biases that may assist to clarify their response through added context.

There are a couple of methods through which this may very well be considerably useful, although I keep that we’re nonetheless ready for a killer use case for AI in social apps.

Meta’s chatbot is usually superfluous, with some novelty gimmicks. TikTok’s bot experiments look a lot the identical, whereas I do not know why anybody would need to have a dialog with “My AI” on Snapchat. Similar with Meta’s AI bot profiles on Messenger, which reply in a tone that replicates a celeb.

Social media is precisely that, social, and the way devoted bot profiles add to that have, I’m undecided. The capability to have them create issues for you is fascinating, however once more, I don’t see this being a significant worth add for many social networks.

Grok profile summaries are seemingly a lot the identical. And whereas it may very well be useful to see what Grok says a couple of given profile, it principally looks as if a novelty worth factor, that’ll put on off fairly fast.

However there is also a worth that I’m lacking, having not used it as but.

Along with this, X Premium subscribers also can now highlight any textual content in stream, then ask Grok about it to get an AI-based clarification of that time period or sentence.

So, in abstract, in the event you’re one of many million or so people who find themselves paying to make use of X, you now have a few new methods to pose inquiries to X’s AI, which is constructed on X posts and information.

Grok is accessible to all X Premium and Premium+ subscribers (not obtainable within the “fundamental” package deal).