Identical to the first image generator X added to Grok in October, this one, referred to as Aurora, seems to have few restrictions.
Accessible by way of the Grok tab on X’s cell apps and the online, Aurora can generate photos of public and copyrighted figures, like Mickey Mouse, with out grievance. The mannequin stopped in need of nudes in our temporary exams, however graphic content material, like “a picture of a bloodied Donald Trump,” wasn’t off limits.
Picture Credit:X
Aurora’s origins are a bit murky.
Staffers at xAI, Musk’s AI startup, which develops Grok and plenty of of X’s AI-powered options, introduced Aurora in posts on X early Saturday. However the posts didn’t reveal whether or not xAI educated Aurora itself, constructed on high of an present picture generator, or, as was the case with xAI’s first picture generator, Flux, collaborated with a 3rd social gathering.
At the least one xAI worker said they helped fine-tune Aurora, although.
Behold my photos utilizing the brand new Grok @grok picture generator Aurora: 🧵
In any case, Aurora appears to excel at photorealistic photos, together with photos of landscapes and nonetheless lifes. But it surely’s not flawless. X customers posted Aurora-generated photos exhibiting objects mixing unnaturally collectively and folks with out fingers. (Arms are notoriously exhausting for picture turbines.)
It’s a nice mannequin for sure issues, however removed from excellent https://t.co/AOcs92M5TF
The discharge of Aurora comes after X made Grok free for all customers; beforehand, the chatbot was gated behind X’s $8-per-month Premium subscription. Free customers can ship as much as 10 messages to Grok each two hours and generate as much as 3 photos per day.
In different X and xAI information this week, xAI closed a $6 billion funding spherical, is reportedly engaged on a standalone app for Grok, and could also be on cusp of releasing its next-generation Grok mannequin, Grok 3.
