This free Grok must be Elon Musk’s way of celebrating his new 400 billions net worth.
Investing 42 billion for free speech in America. What is the price of Free Speech in America? 42 billion dollars.
And celebrating Trump-47’s Presidency.
It’s locking users. He wants X to be a complete forum, so he can make money where he can charge and the rest on advertising. Allowing a perpetually free AI is probably the cheapest way to do that.
I would say that this free Grok AI is Elon’s way of getting people to establish an account and pay the fee. For those with an account who already payed, this will encourage them to stay active on X and renew (isn’t membership a yearly thing ?).
It’s a smart move by a smart man.
$44 Billion.