Like the first image generator, X, added to Grok in October, this generator, called Aurora, appears to have few limitations.
Accessible through the In a quick test, the model fell short of nudity, but graphic content like “an image of a bloodied Donald Trump” was well within limits.
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The origins of the Aurora are somewhat ambiguous.
Grok and the folks at xAI, Musk’s AI startup that develops many of X’s AI-based features, announced Aurora in a post on X early Saturday morning. However, the post does not reveal whether xAI trained Aurora on its own based on existing image generators, or whether it collaborated with a third party, as was the case with Flux, xAI’s first image generator.
Check out my images using the new Grok. @grok Image Generator Aurora: 🧵
Anyway, Aurora seems to excel at photorealistic images, including landscapes and still life images. But it’s not perfect. User (The image generator’s hands are very hard to work with.)
It’s a great model for certain things, but it’s not perfect https://t.co/AOcs92M5TF
The launch of Aurora comes after X made Grok free to all users. Previously, the chatbot was behind X’s $8-a-month premium subscription. Free users can send up to 10 messages to Grok every two hours and create up to three images per day.