Elon Musk's xAI's Grok AI model can now generate images on the X social network. Access to Grok is currently limited to X's Premium and Premium+ users.
The text below the sample image prompts indicates that Grok is using Black Forest Labs' FLUX.1 to create these images.
Early user-generated images suggest that Grok's image-generating feature has no guardrails when it comes to generating images of politicians, but with the US presidential election approaching, the company may impose some restrictions on the feature to avoid regulatory scrutiny.
Grok 2.0 features political illustrations and real people, which ChatGPT rejects.
This instantly makes Grok 10 times more fun… pic.twitter.com/yDBJO0jWba
— Benjamin De Krejker 🏴☠️ (@BenjaminDEKR) August 14, 2024
The social platform is also offering premium users access to a beta version of the Grok 2 mini, and earlier this week Musk said xAI would soon release a beta version of the Grok 2.
The floating pill on X's Grok page says “Grok 2.0 has been released” with a link to the release page. But xAI's Grok 2.0 page still says “Coming soon. Watch cat videos while this page is being prepared.”
The Grok 2 mini is available in beta on the X, but no details about the model are available on the xAI website. Image credit: xAI
At the moment, few details have been released about the capabilities of Grok 2. App researcher Nima Owji claims that Grok 2 is better at generating code, writing, and news, especially since the first version of Grok had multiple failures with news summaries.
Breaking News: An early look at Grok 2.0 features and capabilities.
It is great for coding, writing, news generation, and also generates images using the FLUX.1 model. pic.twitter.com/UlDW2Spen8
— Nima Owji (@nima_owji) August 13, 2024
Without limitations on image generation, Grok could become a tool for creating misinformation on X and other platforms. It's also unclear whether images created with Grok have embedded metadata that would indicate they're AI-generated.
We've asked Company X how they plan to restrict image generation for harmful purposes and will update this article if we hear back.