xAI Unveils Grok-2, Adds Image Generation to X

Elon Musk’s company launched the Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini models in beta today, offering improved reasoning and image generation on X, with access limited to Premium and Premium+ users

Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini are accessible to users on X in beta, according to xAI.

“We are thrilled to release an early preview of Grok-2, a significant advancement from our previous model, Grok-1.5, that boasts frontier capabilities in chat, coding, and reasoning.”

Simultaneously, we are introducing Grok-2 mini, a diminutive yet competent sibling of Grok-2. The LMSYS leaderboard has been the site of testing for an early version of Grok-2, referred to as “sus-column-r” in xAI’s blog post.

Additionally, Musk’s AI company intends to provide developers access to both models via its enterprise API later this month.

The initial images produced by users indicate that Grok’s image generation feature does not restrict the creation of images of political figures.

A significant number of users are presently exploiting this fact. Nevertheless, the corporation will likely be pressured to impose restrictions on these features as the U.S. presidential election approaches.

Grok is employing FLUX.1 by Black Forest Labs to generate these images, as indicated by the text beneath the sample image prompts.

At present, there are few specifics regarding Grok 2’s genuine capabilities. Nima Owji, an app researcher and X feature tester, asserted that Grok 2 is superior in code generation, writing, and news.

However, there is limited evidence to substantiate this claim. It is important to note that Grok’s initial version has made numerous errors in its news summaries.

Grok could readily be used to disseminate misinformation on X and other platforms if there were no restrictions on image generation. Additionally, it is unclear whether images fueled by Grok contain any metadata that would suggest that they are AI-generated.

We have contacted X to inquire about its intentions to restrict the generation of images for harmful purposes and will provide an update to the story upon receiving a response. Nevertheless, the organization has responded inconsistent with media inquiries since Musk’s acquisition.

xAI reported that the company intends to implement Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini in AI-driven features on X, such as enhanced search capabilities, post analytics, and reply functions.

This could imply that X may implement AI-powered responses. Grok has also announced that it will preview multimodal understanding as a fundamental component of its API and X experience.