The Deep View: MODEL WARS xAI Grok 4 free globally days after GPT-5 launch

 
 MODEL WARS xAI makes Grok 4 free globally days after GPT-5 launchElon


Musk’s xAI announced Sunday that its flagship AI model Grok 4 is now available to all users worldwide for free, marking a major shift from the paid-only access since its July launch. The move comes just days after OpenAI released GPT-5 to all registered users.

Free users can access Grok 4 through two options:Auto mode, which automatically routes complex queries to the advanced model
Expert mode, which gives direct access to Grok 4’s full capabilities for every query

The most powerful version, Grok 4 Heavy, remains exclusive to SuperGrok Heavy subscribers at $300 per month. xAI is offering “generous usage limits” for a limited time, though exact quotas remain unclear.

Some reports suggest limits around five queries per 12 hours, while others indicate more generous temporary allowances. Users must sign in to access Grok 4 as staying logged out restricts access to the older, faster Grok 3.The expansion also includes free access to Grok Imagine, xAI’s image-to-video generation tool, though only for US users initially.

Musk previously indicated plans to integrate advertisements into Grok to help cover the high operational costs of running advanced AI models. The company says the free access will help expand its user base and gather data for future improvements.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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