Yeah, I don’t know in regards to the timing of this one, contemplating the assorted ongoing investigations into Grok’s capability to generate nude and/or sexualized pictures of individuals.
However at this time, X has formally introduced the launch of Grok Think about 1.0, which it claims is its “greatest leap but” in AI video technology.
As defined by X:
“Grok 1.0 unlocks 10-second movies, 720p decision, and dramatically higher audio. Think about has generated 1.245 billion movies within the final 30 days alone.”
1.245 billion, you say? And what number of of them could be deemed grownup in nature? And what number of of these could be depictions of people that would have most popular to not be the celebs of those generated clips?
As a result of whereas X is worked up about its evolving picture and video technology instruments, the actual fact is that many X customers are certainly prompting Grok to generate sexualized content material, of anybody that they select.
Grok was even banned in a number of nations due to this, with X proprietor Elon Musk initially pushing again on calls to limit the app’s use, and cease the technology of non-consensual sexual content material.
However X did ultimately comply with restrict Grok picture and video technology, in an effort to keep away from additional restrictions. And but, researchers have discovered that Grok will nonetheless produce offensive pictures when prompted in sure methods, exhibiting that X’s safeguards on this entrance aren’t significantly efficient.
Although that will even be by design.
X proprietor Elon Musk is eager to facilitate a extra open strategy to social media, and what individuals can say, or generate, in his app. X’s AI companions, for instance, had been particularly made to interact in NSFW chatter on request, whereas reviews point out that Musk could have pushed to permit, and even encourage extra “spicy” interactions with Grok in an effort to drive engagement.
There are additionally reviews that X’s considerably diminished security crew repeatedly warned of the dangers associated to content material technology in Grok, however that X selected to push forward anyway.
So whereas xAI’s technology instruments are evolving, and offering extra capability to supply extra realistic-looking video clips and pictures, there are nonetheless main issues round X’s strategy to security and safety, significantly in relation to CSAM materials.
However apart from these points, you might be able to produce some impressive-looking movies with Grok. When you’re a paying X consumer. And when you actually wish to generate video content material.
Although it’s necessary to make use of the time period “generate” versus “create” right here, as a result of these are regurgitated depictions of issues that exist already on the web, so that you’re probably not “creating” something with these instruments.
That’s additionally going to finish up being the flaw with AI fashions like this, in that the creators wish to promote the concept that you’ll be capable to generate Hollywood movie-level movies on demand. However you received’t.
Writing, making a film, takes years of apply, refined talent, and a stage of innate expertise that few individuals possess. That’s why so few individuals even get a ebook revealed or a film made, the problem is much less in regards to the output and extra in regards to the enter on this respect.
So when you would possibly be capable to generate some fascinating video clips, and Grok’s evolving instruments have produced some handsome depictions, the probability of you utilizing this to generate a viral hit are very restricted.
However nonetheless, relying on what you wish to do, and relying in your tolerance for X’s strategy, it might be price trying out.
X additionally notes that Think about 1.0 can deal with follow-up prompts to refine your output, whereas it’s additionally now a lot better at animating nonetheless pictures.
And nudes, apparently, however we’ll set that apart.
