Grok just rolled out a faster, sharper version of Grok-2 to everyone on X for free. The upgraded model runs three times faster with better accuracy and multilingual support, while bundling web search, citations, and the Aurora image model. Developers also get updated API endpoints at lower token pricing.
xAI just rolled out Aurora, a new autoregressive image generation model for Grok on X. Trained on billions of web examples, it tackles notoriously tough challenges like text rendering, logos, and photorealistic portraits, alongside native support for image editing inputs. It is now live in select countries and rolling out to all users within a week.
xAI just opened its Grok AI chatbot to all free users on X. Non-paying users can now send up to 10 prompts every two hours without a Premium subscription. It is a clear move to take on the free tiers of ChatGPT and Gemini, with reports suggesting a standalone app is also in the works.
Elon Musk just filed for a preliminary injunction to freeze OpenAI's transition into a for-profit corporation. The court filing accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of anticompetitive tactics, including blocking investors from backing rivals like xAI. OpenAI dismissed the filing as yet another baseless complaint.
Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly preparing to release a standalone consumer app to let people access the Grok chatbot directly, similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT. The rollout will likely follow a fresh $5 billion funding round that could value the company at $50 billion.
Threads is now testing AI-generated summaries in its U.S. "Trending now" section, taking a page out of X's Grok-powered playbook. Alongside date-range search and expanded topic lists, Meta is rushing out quality-of-life upgrades as rival Bluesky keeps picking up steam.
X is finally testing free access to its AI chatbot Grok, kicking off with users in New Zealand. Previously locked behind a Premium paywall, the free tier caps Grok-2 at 10 queries every two hours and requires a phone-verified account. Opening up to non-paying users should give xAI a much broader feedback loop to take on ChatGPT.
Elon Musk's xAI just opened its API to the public, offering developers $25 in free monthly credits through the end of the year. The platform supports grok-beta with function calling and is compatible with OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs. Why it matters: At $5 per million input tokens, it is pricier than GPT-4o, but dropping in existing codebases requires almost zero friction.
xAI just rolled out image understanding to Grok, allowing paid subscribers on X to upload pictures and ask questions about them. Elon Musk noted that the model can even explain jokes and memes, though the feature is still in its early stages. It's the latest step to turn Grok multimodal and give users more reasons to pay for X.
Elon Musk just hosted an xAI recruiting event at OpenAI's original San Francisco headquarters on the same day as OpenAI's developer conference. Standing on a table, Musk pitched engineers on achieving AGI within a couple of years and promised to open-source xAI's models roughly nine months after release. Why it matters: Musk is aggressively targeting rival talent to challenge OpenAI head-on.
xAI just rolled out AI image generation to Grok for X Premium subscribers, and it is instantly causing chaos across the platform. Unlike OpenAI or Google, Grok freely generates recognizable politicians doing drugs, wearing Nazi uniforms, or holding weapons, refusing almost nothing except outright full nudity. Why it matters: With U.S. elections looming and EU regulators already investigating X, Musk's hands-off approach turns mainstream AI safety norms completely upside down.
Elon Musk’s X quietly turned on a default setting allowing user posts and interactions to train xAI’s Grok chatbot, sparking immediate pushback from UK and Irish regulators. The pre-ticked consent setting breaches GDPR rules against default opt-ins. Users currently have to dig into the web version's settings just to turn it off.
X just rolled out a Grok-powered "More About This Account" button for paid web users, letting you hover over any profile to generate a quick AI summary. The problem? Early tests show Grok frequently confuses users with celebrities or invents hobbies out of thin air. Why it matters: Even with direct access to platform data, turning social posts into reliable user context is proving harder than expected.
Elon Musk just fired up xAI's Memphis Supercluster, packing 100,000 liquid-cooled Nvidia H100 GPUs tied together on a single RDMA fabric. Musk boasts it is the world's most powerful AI training cluster and aims to deliver the strongest AI on every metric by December, though local utility contracts for its massive 100-megawatt power appetite are still not finalized.
Grok's standalone web codebase was just found to contain direct references to Midjourney, backing up earlier rumors of a partnership between xAI and the leading image platform. If true, Grok 1.5 could soon leverage Midjourney via API to output visuals, alongside upcoming image upload and vision capabilities.
Elon Musk just revealed that Dell and Super Micro will supply the server racks for xAI's massive new supercomputer. Dell is assembling half the racks alongside Nvidia to build an "AI factory" aimed at powering Grok 3, which Musk says will need a staggering 100,000 Nvidia H100 chips.
Character.ai is reportedly exploring research partnerships with Meta and xAI to collaborate on pre-training and AI model development. Sources say the talks center on joint research rather than an acquisition, with no deal signed yet. Facing rising antitrust scrutiny over buyouts, tech giants are increasingly relying on strategic tie-ups to tap frontier tech.
X just rolled out Stories, an AI feature powered by Grok that serves up short summaries of trending topics in the Explore tab. Instead of reading the original news articles, Grok builds its overviews entirely from the posts and conversations happening across the platform. The feature is currently exclusive to paying X Premium subscribers.
Elon Musk just announced that xAI's Grok chatbot will roll out to all X Premium subscribers later this week, halving the barrier to entry from the $16 per month Premium+ tier down to $8. Facing shrinking active users and advertiser flight, X is leveraging its spicy, real-time AI to supercharge paid subscriptions.
Elon Musk just filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, claiming the startup breached its founding agreement by chasing profits instead of benefiting humanity. Musk alleges OpenAI has become a closed-source subsidiary of Microsoft and asks the court to declare GPT-4 an AGI to block commercial licensing.
