Elon Musk's X Set to Challenge Google Meet and Zoom with New Video Feature

Elon Musk’s X is betting on the promise of apps for everything, and it really means it. The platform has offered video calls for a while, is planning to bring payments to its users, and even has an AI chatbot in production. But soon, the X could go up against the likes of Zoom and Google Meet with its own version of video conferencing support.

Details about the new feature have been teased by one of the X employees named Chris Park, who posted a screenshot of the X video conferencing interface that looks similar to Zoom and Google Meet but has its own flavor and color code. Park also pointed out that the conferencing tool is being tested internally and has done so with other colleagues to show its quality and that it is a strong alternative to Zoom, Google Meet and Teams. He mentioned that the platform could offer features like pinning speakers to the top and a better way to notify people who join or leave a meeting.

Another developer on X claims that the platform will generate a unique code that will be shareable with other users who need to join the call. We still don’t have a clear timeline on when Musk & Co. will release a new Zoom competitor but it should be soon.

In other X news, the Grok 2 AI chatbot is now able to generate images and many people using the platform have mocked the images created and how they resemble real-life characters.

Some of the images generated using text prompts on the Grok 2 are alarming, and Musk should be concerned about the larger consequences of allowing such content to be openly available on the platform and the Internet. Focusing on clips appearing on social platforms, Grok 2 is a breeding ground for AI deepfakes, clear images and specific cases of copyright infringement.

The platform owned by Musk has lost requirements for powering AI tools such as image generation, and its policies seem odd compared to other AI platforms that support these features. The use of violence and real-life characters for AI image generation is strictly prohibited, something that Microsoft and OpenAI have also come under fire for in recent months.