X has given Grok a new AI image generator model called “Aurora” that seems to create far more photorealistic imagery than Grok’s other image generator, with similarly few apparent restrictions on what it will produce, TechCrunch reports. Like Grok, anyone can use Aurora. It lives in a new “Grok 2 + Aurora beta” option in the Grok model selector, though you’ll only get a few queries before you hit the X Premium subscription paywall and have to wait.
Wes Davis is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020.
TechCrunch found that the model, which X employee Chris Park posted is available this morning, was willing to create copyrighted characters and public figures, including Mickey Mouse and “a bloodied Donald Trump,” but that it “stopped short of nudes.” Its lack of restrictions isn’t surprising, given our experience with Grok’s other model.
In another example highlighted by TechCrunch, an X user showed off AI-generated images of Ray Romano and Adam Sandler in the X post below — both realistic, but with some very obvious weirdness when it comes to human anatomy and continuity.
Update December 8th: The “Aurora” option has disappeared.
See More:
Most Popular
Most Popular
- You can now submit your claims for Apple’s $95 million Siri spying settlement
- Whoop wants everyone to give a whoop about the new Whoop 5.0
- Netflix is removing Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
- Android’s splashy new paint job won’t yank Gen Z from iPhones
- Bill Gates tears into Elon Musk for being ‘involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children’
