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X , the Elon Musk - possess social internet previously known as Twitter , quiet addeda new image source to itsGrokassistant this past Saturday . Then , it get rid of it . Now , it ’s bring it back — and officiallyannouncingit .
The look-alike generator , call Aurora , was developed by Musk ’s AI society , xAI , and train on billions of examples from the cyberspace . In a web log post , xAI allege that Aurora “ excels at photorealistic rendering ” and postdate text statement , and can “ take inspiration from or immediately edit user - provided images . ”
Aurora is now available on cristal through Grok in select country and will roll out to all users within a week , xAI said . keep for editing survive images will come at a belated particular date .
“ Grok can now generate high - quality image across several domains where other image generation models often struggle , ” xAI compose . “ It can fork up precise visual details of tangible - world entity , school text , logotype , and can create realistic portraits of human being . ”
When TechCrunch test Aurora last weekend , it appeared to have few restrictions , just like thefirst persona generatorX added to Grok in October . approachable through the Grok tab on X ’s mobile apps and the web , Aurora could get images of public and copyrighted figures , like Mickey Mouse , without complaint .
The modeling break short of nude in our brief tests . But graphic subject was n’t off limits .
Aurora also was n’t flawless , however . On Saturday , X substance abuser posted Aurora - generated images showing objectsblending unnaturallytogether andpeople without finger . ( Hands are notoriously hard for image source . )
