ET: X today formally announced its Aurora image generator. "Grok's new capabilities are now available on the X platform in select countries and will roll out to all users within a week," the company said in a blog post.

X, the Elon Musk-owned social network previously known as Twitter, quietly added a new image generator to its Grok assistant this past Saturday.

Social media platform confirms that the Aurora model is now available to create "photorealistic rendering" in select countries.

X’s Aurora AI generator briefly launched, creating images of public figures and copyrighted characters, raising ethical questions.

It was revealed by reports that Grok's Aurora is similar to the chatbot as it can go overboard with its content creation, particularly as it allows user's imaginations to run wild including graphic images and copyrighted content. That being said, Aurora avoided creating sexually graphic nudes for users.

The Grok AI chatbot on X has been limited to Premium users. However, as first spotted by The Verge, starting on Friday, free users began noticing that they had also been given access to the Grok 2 chatbot, with the ability to send up to 10 Grok messages every two hours.

Aurora brings advanced AI image generation to X, redefining content creation with impressive realism and versatility.

Developed by xAI, the new Aurora AI image generator integrates with Grok and allows users to create detailed, photorealistic images directly from text prompts.

X, Elon Musk’s social network formerly known as Twitter, launched and quickly removed a new image generator called Aurora over the weekend. The tool, integrated into Grok, X’s AI chatbot, appeared briefly on Saturday as part of the “Grok 2 + Aurora (beta)” model selection.