News Forget ChatGPT — Groq is the new AI model to beat with blistering computation speed

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How can they get away with using the same name basically?
The word Grok dates back to the early 60s, first coined in Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land. It had multiple meanings, one of which was to understand — hence the fascinating with the word among the emerging tech scene over the next few decades.

The AI chip/platform Groq actually predates Elon Musk giving his chatbot the name Grok by 7 years as it was founded in 2016 and Grok launched last year.