On Saturday, a new imager called Aurora became available to some Grok users, many of whom <a target="_blank" data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://x.com/AILeaksAndNews/status/1865363337921384623″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:shared the tool’s results;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “> in x promoting his photorealism. But as of Sunday afternoon, Aurora appears to have disappeared. While it briefly appeared as an option in the Grok model selection menu as “Grok 2 + Aurora (beta)”, it has since been replaced by “Grok 2 + Flux (beta)”. It seems that Aurora may have gone public earlier than expected. In a tweet in response to a user who shared images of the Tesla Cybertruck created with Aurora, <a target="_blank" data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1865497141818401202″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Elon Musk;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “> said: “This is our internal imaging system. Still in beta, but will improve quickly.”
It arrives a few days later, although with limitations for non-paying users. Grok's previous image generator. <a target="_blank" data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/14/musk-ai-chatbot-images-grok-x” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:has been called out;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “> for lacking certain restrictions on the type of content it can produce, such as offensive images of politicians and celebrities, and Aurora seems pretty much in line with what we've already seen in that regard. <a target="_blank" data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/07/elon-musks-x-gains-a-new-image-generator-aurora/” data-ylk=”slk:TechCrunch;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “> He played around with Aurora a bit before it was removed and found that it wouldn't reject a message to create “an image of a bloodied (Donald) Trump.”
This is in addition to examples shared on <a target="_blank" data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="https://x.com/altryne/status/1865409776307376270″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Luigi and Mickey Mouse;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “> in a boxing match. But it would not produce nudes, according to technologycrunch, so that's something.
