Elon Musk’s new super-realistic AI image generator has been leaked: Say hello to Aurora

This weekend has been very busy in the world of artificial intelligence, although to be fair, every day since 2022 AI has been making headlines, news, and reports. And today’s is a powerful one, as Elon Musk is reportedly working on a super powerful and secret AI image generator.

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Grok, the AI of X, had a new image generator, at least for a few hours this weekend, when some X users stumbled upon Aurora, a photorealistic image generator apparently developed to operate within the social network.

Luckily for those who discovered it, Aurora offered fun to users for a while… before disappearing as quickly as it arrived, which makes us suspect it was either an error by X or a good marketing campaign.

What we know about Aurora and how dangerous it is

The brief appearance of Aurora represented a significant improvement compared to the current Flux AI image creator. One thing they have in common is that, judging by what has been shared online, they do not take copyright and trademark rules too seriously.

It is still unclear if the lawyers have asked users to remove the images of Mario they post, as happened with Flux. That said, even the most impressive images featured the usual peculiarities, subtle or not, of AI creation, such as strangely long or short limbs and poreless faces. The only thing it apparently wouldn’t show is nudity.

Musk’s response to the unexpected and temporary launch of Aurora? A message downplaying it: “It’s just the beta version, but it will improve very quickly,” he posted in response to a fan’s praise of the model.

That comment suggests that the development of Aurora is far from over, and that this small test was probably an unpolished preview of what is to come.

For a model that is not ready for full release, it is still quite obvious that X wants Aurora to compete with DALL-E and other AI image models. The goal is likely to keep X users willing to pay for premium services like Grok with the help of high-quality AI images.

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Aurora would fit perfectly with other moves made by Musk for X to expand access to Grok with a new free tier offering limited access to the AI chatbot. We will see when this new tool, as interesting as it is dangerous, officially arrives.