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xAI rolls out Grok-2 featuring near-unrestricted image generation

Musk's AI enterprise looks to broaden the accessibility of both Grok-2 and Grok-2 Mini, planning an expansion to include developers through its enterprise API later this month

byKerem Gülen
August 14, 2024
in Artificial Intelligence

Today, Elon Musk’s venture unveiled Grok-2 and its compact counterpart, Grok-2 Mini, in a beta release, boasting enhanced reasoning capabilities. These cutting-edge iterations of the Grok AI model now support image generation directly on the X social network. Currently, access to Grok is exclusive to Premium and Premium+ subscribers on X. It can be seen as a significant advancement in the integration of AI with social media platforms.

“We are excited to release an early preview of Grok-2, a significant step forward from our previous model Grok-1.5, featuring frontier capabilities in chat, coding, and reasoning. At the same time, we are introducing Grok-2 mini, a small but capable sibling of Grok-2. An early version of Grok-2 has been tested on the LMSYS leaderboard under the name “sus-column-r.” At the time of this blog post, it is outperforming both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4-Turbo.”

-xAI

Grok-2 outperforms other popular LLMs according to benchmarks

xAI has shared insights on the Grok-2 models, revealing their robust performance across a variety of academic benchmarks. According to xAI, both Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini have outshone the previous Grok-1.5 model, showcasing marked improvements in areas like reasoning, reading comprehension, math, science, and coding. These models stand shoulder-to-shoulder with other leading-edge AI systems, excelling in graduate-level science (GPQA), general knowledge (MMLU, MMLU-Pro), and competitive math problems (MATH). Furthermore, Grok-2 has demonstrated top-tier abilities in vision-based tasks, achieving state-of-the-art results in visual math reasoning (MathVista) and document-based question answering (DocVQA).

xAI rolls out Grok-2 featuring near-unrestricted image generation
Benchmarks shared by xAI

Musk’s AI enterprise looks to broaden the accessibility of both Grok-2 and Grok-2 Mini, planning an expansion to include developers through its enterprise API later this month. Meanwhile, early adopters on X have already begun experimenting with Grok’s image generation capabilities, notably without restrictions on creating depictions of political figures. This feature’s lack of filters has sparked widespread usage, particularly with the U.S. presidential election approaching, potentially prompting the need for regulatory boundaries.

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Further intriguing developments reveal that these models leverage FLUX.1 technology by Black Forest Labs for image creation, hinting at sophisticated underlying algorithms. However, details on Grok 2’s full spectrum of abilities remain scant. App researcher and known X feature tester, Nima Owji, suggests improvements in code generation, writing, and news synthesis over its predecessor, although these claims await substantial validation. Despite its advancements, Grok’s initial version has experienced notable inaccuracies in news summarization, highlighting the ongoing challenges in AI-driven content generation.

xAI rolls out Grok-2 featuring near-unrestricted image generation
AI-generated image of “Elon Musk smiling”

The unrestricted image generation capabilities of Grok pose a burgeoning risk of weaving misinformation across X and potentially other platforms, particularly as it remains uncertain whether Grok-powered images carry metadata denoting their AI origins. Inquiries to X regarding measures to curtail the misuse of these features have been lodged, though responses have been infrequent following Musk’s acquisition.

Grok AI Image Generation: pic.twitter.com/mjzSMEJ5Df

— Jungle Inc: Deaton 4 Senate (@jungleincxrp) August 14, 2024

Remember that never-happened fight between Zuckerberg and Musk in the Roman Colosseum? Well, we generated its images on Grok-2. That’s right, using Elon Musk’s own AI toy, we whipped up a historical face-off that’s as bogus as it is entertaining.

What now, Elon?

xAI rolls out Grok-2 featuring near-unrestricted image generation
AI-generated image of “Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg fighting in Roman Colosseum”

Expansions for Grok-2 and Grok-2 Mini are on the horizon, as xAI plans to integrate these models into various AI-driven enhancements on X. These enhancements include more adept search functions, detailed post analytics, and possibly AI-generated replies, signaling a shift towards more interactive and automated user engagements. Additionally, the forthcoming preview of multimodal understanding promises to deepen the integration of Grok within X’s ecosystem and its API.


Image credits: Kerem Gülen/xAI

Tags: AIartificial intelligenceGrok 2xai

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