Elon Musk does not waste time when it comes to his Grok. Six months after his predecessor, Grok 3, the billionaire already launched Grok 4 on Wednesday, July 9 during an event lived live in X.
An event began as an advance of a movie by a message. “In a world where knowledge shapes destiny, a creation dares to redefine the future (…) This summer, the new generation comes. Faster, more intelligent, more daring,” said a serious voice for an introduction.
This is one of the novelties announced by Elon Musk XAI startup during this event. Able to speak for a few months, Grok is enriched with new voices, including that of the “trailer.” Another, called Eva, has a British accent voice “capable of rich emotions.”
“The most intelligent AI in the world”
According to Elon Musk, Grok 4 is “the most intelligent AI in the world.” An argument that he had already launched for his predecessor. But the billionaire went further.
If your chatbot has not yet invented new technologies or has discovered new physical properties, Elon Musk believes this is only a matter of time. He thinks that Grok 4 could achieve this at the end of this year or in 2026.
Available in France, this new AI is only accessible to Premium+ X subscribers to replace Grok 3 (44.33 euros/month).
Grok 4 is composed of a single agent to respond to user applications. The AI is also available in a more advanced version, “Grok 4 Heavy”. This uses several agents to work in particularly complex problems, combining their work to find the best answer.
Based on the Polymarket site data in Paris, Grok 4 Heavy, for example, predicted the team that could win the MLB of the American championship (baseball) and its possibilities to achieve it, while detailing the procedure that allowed it to achieve this result. Therefore, the AI planned a coronation of the Dodgers, champions in mind.
Launch in a difficult period
However, Grok 4 Heavy is not accessible to all. The AI version is included in a new subscription called “Supergrok Heavy”. For $ 300 per month (or $ 3,000 per year), it allows you to benefit from a general description of this new version of Grok 4, but also have less limits in terms of use. It also offers early access to new functions and all the advantages of the Supergrok formula ($ 30 per month).
By launching such a expensive subscription, XAI follows in the footsteps of other companies, such as Openai, Google or Anthrope, which have been offering subscriptions to 200 or 250 dollars monthly, with similar advantages. But Elon Musk’s, available in the United States as in France, is the most expensive.
The billionaire lifted the veil in the XAI road map. After a code model in August and a multimodal agent in September, Grok should enrich a video generation model in October.
The launch of Grok 4 occurs, while Xai and X go through a difficult period. Since an update was carried out a few days ago, Grok has been following anti -mematical, conspiracy and racist comments on the social network. A problem that Elon Musk did not mention at any time during the event, as well as the departure of the owner of X, Linda Yaccarino.
Source: BFM TV
