So that’s new @grok The “Aurora” image generation was just delivered on a Saturday. What do we think, folks?

Looks like they were trained by them, no reviews or details, just, go ahead, use the thing.

Seems aimed at photorealism

https://t.co/oR2Uvb96vV

— Alex Volkov (Thursday/AI) (@altryne) December 7, 2024

Aurora is an updated version of the first image generation model that xAI introduced in October. Compared to other AI models, Aurora has fewer restrictions and can generate images with almost any prompt, including depictions of famous people and copyrighted characters. Each image contains a watermark in the bottom right corner to ensure transparency.

Just the beta version, but it will improve very quickly

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 7, 2024

In response to an Create images including controversial topics such as violence and depictions of digital intellectual property – areas where most AI image generators place strict limits.

Aurora’s availability varies depending on user tier: Free X users are limited to three image generations per day, while X Premium subscribers enjoy unlimited access. Reports from TechCrunch suggest that xAI is also developing a standalone Grok app, possibly based on the upcoming Grok 3, following the company’s successful $6 billion funding round.

Here are some of the interesting images Grok’s Aurora produced:

That’s wild.

xAI has just released Grok 2 + Aurora, a new AI image model (now removed).

The photorealism is insane.

10 wild examples.

1. No, this is not a Scarlett Johansson photo 🤯 pic.twitter.com/1uYit9ES94

— Min Choi (@minchoi) December 7, 2024

No, these are not photos. This is Grok 2 + Aurora pic.twitter.com/mgjRumCbex

– ale𝕏 fazio (@alxfazio) December 7, 2024

With today’s launch of xAI’s new image generator “Aurora,” Grok can finally create accurate images of the Cybertruck @Tesla Half!

Here is a thread with some examples. All 12 images were created by Grok (Aurora): pic.twitter.com/dkERE31yrb

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) December 7, 2024