xAI's Grok Chatbot Introduces 'Memory' Feature, Catching Up with Rivals

xAI adds a 'memory' feature to Grok | TechCrunch

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is slowly bringing its Grok chatbot to parity with top rivals like ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. Wednesday night, xAI announced a "memory" feature for Grok that enables the bot to remember details from past conversations. Now, if you ask Grok for recommendations, it'll give more personalized responses -- assuming you've used it enough to allow it to "learn" your preferences. ChatGPT has long had a similar memory feature, which was recently upgraded to reference a user's entire chat history. Gemini, too, has persistent memory to tailor its replies to individual people. "Memories are transparent," reads a post from the official Grok account on X. "[Y]ou can see exactly what Grok knows and choose what to forget." Grok's new memory feature is available in beta on Grok.com and the Grok iOS and Android apps -- but not for users in the EU or U.K. It can be toggled off from the Data Controls page in the settings menu, and individual "memories" can be deleted by tapping the icon beneath the memory from the Grok chat interface on the web (and soon Android). xAI says that it's working on bringing the memory feature to the Grok experience on X.

Elon Musk's Grok now remembers what you said

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has rolled out a "memory" feature for its Grok chatbot, allowing it to recall details from past conversations and provide more personalized responses. The update, announced on Wednesday night, brings Grok closer to rivals like ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. Grok's new capability enables it to "learn" user preferences over time, tailoring its recommendations and advice accordingly. The feature is currently available in beta on Grok.com and the Grok iOS and Android apps, although users in the EU or U.K. are excluded. Video: xAI Users have control over Grok's memory, with the ability to turn it off from the Data Controls page in the settings menu. Individual "memories" can also be deleted by tapping the icon beneath the memory from the Grok chat interface on the web, with a similar option coming soon to Android. xAI is working on extending the memory feature to the Grok experience on X. Grok's "memories are transparent," according to the official Grok account on X, allowing users to see exactly what the bot knows and choose what to forget. This development follows similar memory features in ChatGPT and Gemini, which also tailor their responses to individual users.

Grok gets a memory: xAI rolls out recall feature, mirroring ChatGPT

Elon Musk's xAI has launched a "memory" feature for its Grok chatbot, enabling it to recall details from past user conversations and deliver more personalised responses. Users can view, delete, or disable these memories via settings. The feature is in beta on Grok.com and its apps, but is not available in the EU or UKElon Musk's AI venture, xAI, has rolled out a "memory" function for its chatbot Grok, allowing it to retain information from past interactions with users. Sharing the news on X, the company wrote, "Grok now remembers your conversations. When you ask for recommendations or advice, you'll get personalised responses." The post added, "Memories are transparent: you can see exactly what Grok knows and choose what to forget." Users have full control over the feature, according to the company. It can be switched off in the settings under Data Controls, and individual "memories" can be deleted by selecting the icon beneath each one within the Grok web chat interface. This new functionality, currently in beta, is available via Grok.com and on both the iOS and Android Grok apps. However, it is unavailable to users in the EU and UK for now. Android users can expect support for memory deletion soon. xAI has also announced that the memory feature will be coming to Grok on X in the near future. The update mirrors a similar enhancement recently introduced by OpenAI for ChatGPT, which also allows the chatbot to refer to earlier conversations. Both platforms allow users to opt out of memory-based interactions.

xAI's Grok Adds a Memory Feature That Can Remember Your Conversations

This feature is available on Android and iPhone apps, as well as the Grok website, except in the EU and UK. It's been a busy month with Microsoft's Copilot, and later ChatGPT announcing new features coming to their AI models. But it seems like Elon Musk's Grok didn't want to be left behind, as xAI is also rolling out the "memory" feature for the chatbot, along with a slate of other improvements being added to it. In a recent X post, the Grok team announced that the AI model can now remember your previous conversations. This would allow it to generate more personalized answers based on your interactions. This new Memory feature for Grok is available in beta for now. And, it'll be accessible from Grok's Android and iPhone apps, and via the Grok website. As for the feature itself, it will remember specific portions of your chat and recall them in later conversations. So let's say if you have had a conversation with Grok about your daily habits, and later you ask about it for workout routines. It should be able to generate a regimen that's more in line with your habits. This inevitably raises questions regarding privacy. However, users should have the ability to manage and delete certain memories if they want to. This will help build long time trust using the AI, so it doesn't remember anything that it doesn't need to. You can also toggle off the feature completely from Data controls page in Settings. The rollout of this feature seems rushed, as ChatGPT announced its improved Memories feature just last week, and Copilot did the same earlier this month. So it seems like xAI just wants a piece of that AI hype train going on lately. You can check out this feature in Grok using the options mentioned above, though it is worth noting that it isn't available in the EU or the UK yet.