Grok 4 Debuts: Elon Musk Unveils AI With PhD-Level Smarts, Real-World Skills, and Plans for the First AI-Generated Movie

Grok 4 Launch: AI-Generated Movie to Arrive Next Year

On July 10, Elon Musk's company xAI unveiled Grok 4, its most advanced AI model yet. Musk described Grok 4 as the world's smartest AI, capable of PhD-level understanding across subjects. Beyond text, Grok is being trained for video generation. This year will see the debut of the first AI-generated TV show by Grok, with a fully AI-generated movie expected next year.

Musk also predicts that within two years, Grok could discover new technologies and possibly uncover new physics.

Musk’s Vision: Grok Must Build Real-World Solutions

Traditional academic tests—math, logic, and benchmarks—are no longer enough to measure AI’s abilities. With Grok 4 solving these easily, the true challenge lies in real-world creation.

According to Musk, Grok will need to produce tangible outcomes like cars, rockets, and medicine, proving its capabilities beyond theory.

• Rocket: If Grok 4 designs a rocket that successfully reaches orbit, it passes the test.
• Medicine: Designing an effective cancer drug that succeeds in clinical trials would demonstrate AI’s practical value.
• Car: Creating an electric vehicle that runs on the road and satisfies customers marks success.

Key Features of Grok 4

• Physics-Level Computing Power: Grok 4 handles complex physics simulations on par with leading researchers. It can visualize phenomena like colliding black holes.
• Advanced Reasoning: It solves complex math problems and explains its logic. In a demo, it predicted a 21.6% chance of the Los Angeles Dodgers winning the World Series using real-time data from multiple sources.
• Historical Research: Grok can analyze historical data and social media to build timelines and track public sentiment.
• Voice Experience: The AI features realistic voice models like the British-accented "Eve," who performed an opera about Diet Coke during a live demo.
• Programming Assistance: Developers can paste entire source code files for Grok 4 to debug and suggest fixes, demonstrating deep code comprehension.

Real-World Applications

• Business Simulation (Vending Bench): Grok 4 outperformed other AI models in a vending machine business simulation, doubling net worth through strategic planning.
• Biomedical Research (Arc Institute): It accelerated CRISPR research by scanning millions of experimental logs and generating hypotheses swiftly.
• Radiology and Finance: Grok 4 excels in interpreting chest X-rays and supports real-time financial decision-making using live data and tools.
• Video Game Development: Developers built a fully functional 3D first-person shooter game in just four hours using Grok 4’s API. Future updates will enable Grok to play games and analyze gameplay.

Future Developments: Coding and Video Generation

• Coding Models: A specialized AI for rapid, intelligent coding is set to launch within weeks.
• Multimodal AI: Grok will enhance its understanding of images, videos, and audio.
• Video Generation: Training on over 100,000 NVIDIA GB200 GPUs is underway to power video generation. A fully AI-generated film could be released next year.

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