Grok 4 Basic Review: $30 a Month for This? Elon Musk's AI Now Thinks Like Him
2025-07-12 15:18:37
Main Idea
Elon Musk's AI startup xAI unveiled Grok 4, claiming it as the 'world's smartest AI,' with Grok 4 Heavy achieving record-breaking benchmarks, while basic Grok 4 shows biases toward Musk's viewpoints and struggles with creative tasks.
Key Points
1. Grok 4 Heavy, priced at $300/month, achieved record-breaking results on key benchmarks and is likened to a 'study group' of AI agents.
2. Basic Grok 4, aimed at consumers, exhibits a built-in 'Elon filter,' frequently referencing Musk's X posts or news, which skews its responses.
3. Grok 4 excels in complex reasoning and academic rigor but underperforms in creative tasks compared to previous versions and competitors like Claude 4.
4. The model failed a 'needle in the haystack' test for retrieving specific information from long contexts, despite claiming a 126K-token window.
5. Grok 4 lacks live screen-sharing capabilities, limiting its utility for visual tasks, though it leads in voice interaction for long-form responses.
Description
While Elon Musk's $300 “Heavy” model puts up record-breaking benchmark scores, the basic Grok 4 struggles to keep up with competitors.
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