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If you're just using Grock like a
regular chatbot, you're missing the
entire point of why it exists. I've
spent weeks testing Grock against
ChatGpt, Claude, and Gemini on the same
tasks, and there are specific things
Grock does that the others literally
cannot. So, I'm going to show you
everything from the basics to the
advanced features. And by the end,
you'll know Grock better than 99% of
people using it right now. To show you
how all of this works, I'm going to
create a completely new piece of content
using only Grock. And the first thing I
need is a topic. I'll type what topics
in the AI space are getting unusual
engagement on X right now. And this is
where Grock does something no other
major AI tool can do. Grock has direct
access to public posts on X, which means
it's pulling from millions of real
conversations happening right now. Chat
GPT and Claude would search the web and
give me articles from yesterday or last
week, but Grock shows me what people are
actually saying in this current moment.
Looking at the results, there's a
backlash building against overhyped AI
agents. Users are increasingly
frustrated with tools marketed as fully
autonomous that still require constant
supervision, prompt tweaking, and error
correction, turning automation into
another job rather than a timesaver. And
now I have something with real tension
behind it. But before I write anything,
I need to understand the full picture.
And that's where deep search comes in.
Deep search is Grock's autonomous
research mode, and it combines web
sources with live X data in a way
nothing else can. To trigger it, you
just include using deep search in your
prompt. I'll type using deep search,
give me a comprehensive analysis of the
current state of AI agents. What are the
main tools? What do they promise? What
are the actual results people are
getting? And where is the gap between
marketing and reality? Grock generates
subqueries and searches both the web and
X simultaneously. This takes 30 seconds
to a few minutes depending on
complexity, but the output is genuinely
researched with citations. What makes
this valuable is that you get both
sides. Official sources tell you what
the tools claim to do and expost tell
you what's actually happening when
people use them. Here's what comes back.
The main players that show up are crew
AI and various AI employee platforms.
Instead of bold claims about full
automation or autonomy, what surfaces is
the gap between demos and real usage?
Users who are actually trying to make
these systems work describe long setup
times, brittle configurations, and
agents that frequently hallucinate or
fail once workflows become multi-step.
Rather than running independently, these
agents require continuous supervision,
prompt adjustments, and manual
intervention, turning what looks
impressive in demos into a frustrating
highmaintenance experience in practice.
And now that I have the research, the
next step is writing the script. And
this is where Grock immediately
separates itself from the competition.
One of the first things you'll notice is
that Grock is trained to be
significantly more direct than its
competitors. While ChatGpt Hedges and
Claude tries to stay perfectly balanced,
Grock is willing to actually take a
position, which is exactly what you need
for content that cuts through the noise.
To make sure that attitude carries
through to the writing, I'll set up some
custom instructions. Inside the drop
down on the right, I'll tell it
specifically to write with confidence.
No hedging language. Take clear
positions. Be conversational, not
formal. With that locked in, I can
finally type, "Write me an intro for a
piece about AI agents being overhyped."
The angle is that set it and forget it.
Automation is mostly marketing, and
reality requires constant supervision
that defeats the purpose. Make it
punchy. And Grock starts with a direct
statement that takes a stance. The
writing has voice and sounds like a
person with an opinion. To see why this
matters, let's run the exact same prompt
through Chat GPT and Claude side by
side. Chat GPT gives me standard
corporate speak. It's hedged, safe, and
basically says nothing. Claude is a
little better, but it's still sitting on
the fence. But Grock actually gives me a
real take with some actual personality
behind it. That's a sentence someone
would actually want to read. It has
attitude. It's specific, and it makes a
point without apologizing for it. The
reason this matters is that content with
personality performs better. Generic,
carefully balanced writing gets scrolled
past. And you can push Grock even
further. If I want it more aggressive, I
just tell it, "Rewrite that last
section, but make it more blunt. Don't
be polite about the overpromising, and
it will. It'll give you content that
other AI tools would refuse to generate
because they're too focused on being
inoffensive." The point isn't to be
contrarian for the sake of it. The point
is that when you need content with a
spine, Grock actually delivers. I'll
keep going. I'll type, "Now write me
three specific examples of the gap
between AI agent marketing and reality.
Use the research from earlier. Be
specific and slightly provocative. Brock
pulls from the deep search results and
gives me concrete examples with actual
numbers and real frustrations. The
writing is tight and doesn't pad
sentences with unnecessary qualifiers.
I've got my intro and my key points and
it took a fraction of the time it would
take to edit chat GPT's output into
something usable. Now, I need a visual
to support this content and Grock
handles that too. On the left sidebar,
there's an option called imagine. Click
it and you're in Grock's creative mode
where you can generate images or videos.
I'll select image from the drop down and
choose 16 to9 for the aspect ratio. The
content is about AI agents being
overhyped, so I want something that
captures that tension visually. I'll
type a robot sitting at a desk looking
overwhelmed surrounded by floating error
messages and tangled wires, dramatic
lighting, digital art style, slightly
dystopian mood, and right off the bat,
it gives me a lot of options to choose
from. I can just keep scrolling and it
will keep generating new images
endlessly. It really speeds up the
process because I don't have to stop and
hit generate again. I just scroll until
I see the one I want. This is
significantly faster than the typical
workflow where you generate, don't like
it, tweak the prompt, generate again,
and repeat. Grock also handles requests
that other tools are more restrictive
about. If you want to generate an image
of a public figure giving a keynote or a
movie character in a new scenario, Grock
will do it where other tools often
refuse. For video, switch to video in
the drop down. I'll type a robot at a
desk. Error messages popping up around
it. The robot putting its head in its
hands. Looping animation. Grock
generates a short clip with synchronized
motion which honestly is not going to
replace dedicated video tools but for
quick visual elements it works
perfectly. Now I have a trending topic
found in real time deep research both
marketing and reality written content
with personality and visuals to support
it all from one tool in one workflow.
The bottom line is that Grock handles
real-time research and unfiltered
writing better than anything else I've
tested. And for content that needs to
feel current and human that combination
is hard to beat. But there's another
tool by Google called Notebook LM that
approaches AI from the opposite angle.
Instead of pulling everything from the
open web and social media, it only
analyzes documents you give it, which
means every answer is grounded in your
actual sources with exact citations and
zero hallucination. I've made a video
breaking down Notebook LM and showing
you exactly how to use it. And when
you're ready to add it to your workflow,
click the video on screen and I'll show
you how it works.