A brand new picture generator referred to as Aurora briefly opened for testing for some Grok customers, and the device’s outcomes shared on X appeared much more reasonable than X’s earlier picture mills. It was a quick debut, although. By Sunday afternoon, Aurora was gone. For a short while, there was a Grok 2 + Aurora (beta) choice in Grok’s mannequin choice menu, which is now changed by Grok 2 + Flux (beta). It appears to be like like Aurora might have gone public earlier than it was meant to.
Grok’s earlier picture generator was referred to as out for missing sure restrictions on the content material it could produce, like offensive photos of politicians and celebrities. TechCrunch was capable of generate a picture of “a bloodied [Donald] Trump” — the form of factor AI picture mills are restricted from creating. In that temporary interval, paying Grok customers leaped on the probability to place Adam Sandler and Ray Romano in photographs collectively, or Captain Picard in a Christmas hat. Positive. Why not?
— Mat Smith
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