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Elon Musk's xAI Launches Aurora, a New Photorealistic Image Generator for Grok 2

Dec 7, 2024, 04:55 PM

Elon Musk's AI company xAI has unveiled Aurora, a new image generation tool integrated into their Grok chatbot platform. Released on a Saturday and now live in beta as part of Grok 2, Aurora is available in the model selector across web and mobile clients. Users are praising Aurora for its ability to produce highly realistic images with improved facial details and accurate prompt recognition. Many report that Aurora excels at photorealistic styles and world understanding, surpassing xAI's previous model, Flux. Notably, Aurora can generate images that closely resemble Elon Musk and other famous personalities. While details about Aurora are scarce, Musk commented, "This is just the beginning. This is our internal image generation system. Still in beta, but it will improve fast." Aurora's release signifies xAI's continued efforts to enhance their AI offerings and compete in the advancing field of AI-generated imagery.