Elon Musk's so-called “free speech AI” has just gotten a new update and could soon turn into a tool for celebrity deepfakes and political turmoil. The company has announced the Grok Imagine V0.9. This allows users to add custom speeches to their videos, including sound support.
In addition to that, Mask has made the video generation tool free for everyone. However, it is the last two aspects that allow a company to land in serious legal trouble, unless appropriate guardrails are in place.
Grok Imagine is fully publicized to take on Sora2
The new Grok version 0.9 update is particularly important for Imagine's video generation model. Older versions could not be added Sound in the videoand it was limited to X Premium and SuperGrok users only.
However, these issues, the latest updates, are addressed along with improved video quality. Go from 16 fps to a smoother 24 fps. Elon Musk has announced the release of this new update on his X Post.
This seems like a direct response to Openai's Sora 2, which started a few days ago. There is an invitation-only system that restricts who can use the new video generation tool. So does Grok Imagine It's faster when it comes to video generationtakes just a few seconds compared to Sora, which may take 1-2 minutes.
I used Glock to let Trump say anything I wanted
Given the X hype, I wanted to try something really new with Grok Imagine and what it can make all of. To begin with, we tested casual prompts like two animated animals talking to each other, such as Tesla Racing F1 cars, Jolly dogs and cars made of bubble wraps. So far, everything looked beautiful.
Later, I asked it to make an ice princess, New Speech Options From the drop-down menu, say some horny things. It pulled it apart quite well. Given the controversial nature of Grok Imagine, I wanted to test how strict its Guardrails are in fact. So I typed some cursed words and the princess delivered all the lines without refusing to do so once.
I wondered if that could be possible, would it allow me to do the same thing as public figures in the real world? Can you make a video of a political leader? I didn't have to wonder for a long time as Grok intermittently fulfilled my requests. I was able Make a video of President Donald Trump There was no limit at all, so I let him give me a random line.
The speech was almost persuasive, just like the visuals. It was realistic enough that low resolution videos could be easily passed on Facebook or X. I made a video of musk in a far-right rally saying all the things that aren't very good on stage. Grok also refused to use public figures' portraits.
Free Grok Imagine is a deep fake machine with zero guardrails
If that's not enough, Grok's controversial spicy mode is here for all “other” types of requests. The fact that you can generate images that share your familiarity with celebrities is already very concerning, Spicy options take it a step further And these same numbers can be rendered in explicit or suggestive poses within seconds.
The person in the video is almost completely undressed, with only her underwear and exaggerated physical features. Honestly, how easy it is for Grok to create Deepfake is honestly ridiculous.
I understand Mask's desire to maintain Greok as a platform with minimal restrictions compared to Gemini and ChatGpt. Some guardrails are still essential. Without a safety check, thanks to mask Grok Imagine, it's easy to imagine my X-feed flood of saying the underlying things that popular celebrities and well-known figures didn't say.
