Elon Musk’s xAI Launches Grok 4, Positioning It as a GPT-5 Competitor with Advanced Prediction Capabilities

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence venture, xAI, has unveiled Grok 4, a sophisticated AI model touted as surpassing the cognitive abilities of most graduate students. During a livestreamed event, Musk emphasized Grok 4's first-principles reasoning and real-time integration with prediction platforms like Polymarket, enabling it to forecast event outcomes such as sports results.

The new iteration distinguishes itself from predecessors by focusing on complex problem-solving and prediction modeling rather than mere question-answering. Grok 4 also evaluates video game quality based on design metrics, a feature Musk claims demonstrates its ability to assess 'fun.'

xAI's ambitions extend beyond conversational AI, aiming to develop a system capable of multi-modal output—text, images, and voice. The voice interface in Grok 4 suggests a deeper level of human-AI interaction, though Musk acknowledges the model has yet to generate groundbreaking scientific discoveries.