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Grok-1

The 314B parameter giant with a unique personality and massive knowledge base.

Generic Info

  • Publisher: xAI
  • Release Date: March 2024
  • Parameters: 314B (MoE)
  • Context Window: 8k tokens
  • License: Apache 2.0
  • Key Capabilities: Creative Writing, General Knowledge, Humor

Grok-1 is one of the largest open-weights models available. Its Mixture-of-Experts architecture allows it to be incredibly knowledgeable while maintaining a distinct, engaging personality.

Hello World Guide

Note: Running Grok-1 locally requires massive VRAM (300GB+). Here is a snippet for loading it if you have the hardware.

Python
# Requires JAX and massive hardware resources
from model import LanguageModelConfig, TransformerConfig, QuantizedWeight8bit
from runners import ModelRunner

grok_1_model = ModelRunner(
    model_path="./checkpoints/grok-1",
    tokenizer_path="./checkpoints/grok-1/tokenizer.model",
    local_mesh_config=(1, 8),  # 8 GPUs
    load_format="pickle",
)

grok_1_model.run_generation_sample(
    "The answer to life, the universe, and everything is ", 
    max_len=100, 
    temperature=0.01
)

Industry Usage

Creative Content

Used for generating engaging, witty, and creative text formats that differ from standard corporate AI tones.

Research

A primary subject for studying massive MoE architectures and training dynamics at scale.

Real-time Analysis

In its closed form, it powers real-time news analysis on X. The open model serves as a base for similar applications.