X (formerly Twitter) has added an image generation AI specializing in live-action style images.Aurora” was implemented only momentarily. Various images were generated by users, including a real person and a “bloody Donald Trump,” but Aurora became unavailable within hours.
Elon Musk’s X gains a new image generator, Aurora | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/07/elon-musks-x-gains-a-new-image-generator-aurora/
Aurora appeared on December 7, 2024. It seems that you can use “Aurora” by opening the “Grok” tab on the official smartphone app or browser. Since there are options of “Grok 2 (beta)” and “Grok 2 + Aurora (beta)”, it seems that Grok was not equipped with an image generation function, but Aurora was implemented as an independent image generation AI.
Grok has a separate image generation AI called “Flux” integrated. The relationship between Flux and Aurora is unknown.
X is equipped with image generation AI and a large number of sensitive images such as “Smoking Elmo” and “Kamala Harris riding a tank” are released to the world – GIGAZINE
Aurora is good at generating live-action-like images, and users generated photos of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others and posted them on X.
Some users report that Aurora generates the desired image in seconds, whereas it took hours with Midjourney.
Some of you know — I would design many Cybertruck AI images w colorful wraps, before Cybertruck Deliveries were announced
I’d spend hours curating, in a specific room, on Midjourney
Now xAI has released Grok AURORA
AURORA generates in a few seconds a near perfect prompt pic.twitter.com/KVLatPnrlV
— K10✨ (@Kristennetten) December 7, 2024
A user generated an image with the prompt, “Create an image of Donald Trump eating a sandwich at an amusement park,” and said, “It’s incredible.”
Grok now has brand new image generator called Aurora that aims to create hyper lifelike images.
my prompt was ” create an image of Donald Trump eating a sandwich at an amusement park ”
I think it looks incredible lol what do you think? you can select it in groks mode… pic.twitter.com/Hb0QA45owX
— Daniel Gatz (@DanielGatzOnX) December 7, 2024
Some users have created images of real people, such as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
A user compares the fidelity of the same prompt in Grok integrated Flux (left) and Aurora (right).
Grok2 + Aurora just got released
Grok 2 vs Grok 2 + Aurora for a simple prompt “Create a high fidelity close up photograph of a woman’s eye”
First image is Grok 2. Second image is Grok 2 + Aurora
Which one do you prefer? Post your trials in the comment pic.twitter.com/kArs0UorqX
— Umesh (@umeshonai) December 7, 2024
It seems that it can also generate illustration-like images.
Technology media TechCrunch reports, “When I actually tried using it, it was impossible to take nude photos, but graphic content such as “Bloody Trump” was not specifically prohibited.”
Aurora’s origins are shrouded in mystery, and other than the staff at xAI, which develops Grok, posting “Congratulations on the release,” no other information has come out. It’s unclear whether xAI built Aurora on its own or worked with a third party like Flux.
xAI doesn’t need to wait until Monday. This team is too cracked and stays shipping.
Congrats @xai for releasing a brand new image gen model —Aurora!
Grok 2 + Aurora is now available with your X app in the model selector.
Oh, by the way, Grok 3 is coming. 🚀 https://t.co/l92HwU4q9e
— Chris Park (@chrisparkX) December 7, 2024
X owner Elon Musk said only, “This is our internal image generation system. It’s still in beta, but it will improve soon.”
This is our internal image generation system. Still in beta, but it will improve fast.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 7, 2024
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