News Summary

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has now made its Grok model free for all X users. Initially offered exclusively to Premium X users for a fee, the Grok model is now accessible without requiring a paid subscription. Users still need an X account to access this language and image model, but they no longer need a Premium account.

In recent updates, xAI has enhanced Grok’s functionality. The model now integrates real-time stories from X, web scraping, and a citation feature for source verification. Additionally, xAI launched an image generation feature that enables users to create images from text or existing visuals. A new "Grok button" has been added to users' timelines for quick access to informative context and related analyses behind posts. The latest iteration of Grok is three times faster, offers improved accuracy, multilingual capabilities, and enhanced user instruction handling.

Grok began as a language-focused model in November 2023 and expanded with visual processing features earlier this year. Most notably, last week, the company unveiled the Grok-generated image model codenamed Aurora. Looking ahead, xAI is also preparing a standalone Grok app and expanding the model's API, giving developers opportunities to embed these advanced features into applications.

< Summary >

• Headline: xAI’s Grok model is now free for all X users.

• Details:

  1. The Grok model was initially exclusive to paid Premium accounts but is now freely available.
  2. Recent updates integrate real-time X stories, web scraping, and source citation features.
  3. Users can create generative images from text or existing visuals, supported by the newly introduced Grok button for contextual insights.
  4. Version updates include threefold speed improvements, better multilingual support, improved accuracy, and enhanced instruction-following abilities.

• Key Developments:

5. Originally launched in November 2023 as a language-only model, Grok added visual features this year and unveiled the Aurora image model last week.
6. Plans include a standalone app independent of X and API-based image generation for developers to utilize.
7. xAI is progressively enhancing Grok's utility, making advanced AI tools accessible to broader audiences.

< 핵심내용 요약 >

• 헤드라인: xAI, Grok 모델을 모든 X 플랫폼 사용자에게 무료로 공개.

• 세부사항:

  1. Grok 모델은 처음엔 유료 프리미엄 계정에 한정되었으나 현재는 무료로 제공되기 시작.
  2. 실시간 X 스토리, 웹 크롤링 및 출처 확인을 위한 인용 기능 등 주요 업데이트 적용.
  3. 텍스트나 기존 이미지를 활용해 생성형 이미지를 제작할 수 있는 이미지 생성 기능이 포함, "Grok 버튼" 기능으로 게시글 맥락 및 관련 분석 제공.
  4. 최신 버전 속도 3배 향상, 다국어 지원, 정확성 강화 및 사용자 지침 처리 개선.

• 핵심 발전사항:

5. 2023년 11월 언어 모델로 시작돼 올해 시각적 기능 추가, 지난주 Aurora 생성형 이미지 모델 출시.
6. X 외 애플리케이션에서도 독립적 사용이 가능한 전용 앱 및 API 기반 이미지 생성 기능 계획.
7. 점진적 기능 확장으로, 대중들에게 고도화 된 AI 도구 제공 목표.

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