Musk’s Grok Imagine Sparks Debate

Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.

Elon Musk’s Grok Imagine launches amid controversy; Apple shifts AI strategy toward ChatGPT-like models; Cloudflare hits Perplexity with scraping accusations.

• Hottest AI News

• Top AI & SaaS Tools

• AI Tutorial: Create AI Graphics with Recraft

• Top AI & Tech News

• AI Art Spotlight

• Prompt of the Day: Startup Idea Generator

• AI Video Tutorial

• F-R-E-E AI Course of the Day: Machine Translation

Hottest AI News

xAI

Grok Imagine Goes Live for SuperGrok and Premium+ on X, Controversy Follows

Elon Musk's xAI has officially launched Grok Imagine, its AI image and video generator for SuperGrok and Premium+ X subscribers on iOS. In typical Musk fashion, the tool comes with a controversial twist that's already generating buzz across the tech community.

Details:

• Grok Imagine includes a "spicy mode" for NSFW content, though many explicit prompts are blurred or blocked. It can create 15-second videos from text or images, including celebrity content—though restrictions apply to figures like Trump or Swift

• The tool generates images quickly with a scroll-based interface that auto-loads content, which can be animated into stylized videos. However, results often show waxy, cartoon-like humans, echoing xAI’s recent anime-style AI companion

• Aimed at rivals like OpenAI, DeepMind, and Runway, the tool raises concerns. Grok previously generated hateful content, and "spicy mode" was revealed in a deleted post by an xAI employee

This launch shows Musk’s push for Grok as an unfiltered AI, though balancing freedom and responsibility remains tough. As he promises it’ll “get better every day,” the industry will watch how xAI handles moderation.

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Apple

Apple’s AI Overhaul Includes Fresh Team Focused on ChatGPT Alternative

Apple is quietly shifting its AI strategy despite previous public dismissals of chatbots. The company has formed an "Answers" team to develop a ChatGPT rival, while facing significant talent losses and executive transitions that signal broader changes ahead.

Details:

• Apple’s AKI team is building an “answer engine” to handle web-based queries, possibly via a separate app or integration into Siri, Safari, and Spotlight. It marks a shift from Apple’s reliance on OpenAI

• Four key AI team members, including Ruoming Pang, left Apple for Meta, which offers higher pay and better tech. An iPhone 17 Pro was also spotted testing in San Francisco with updated lidar and flash

• COO Jeff Williams moves to a different SVP role until retiring in December; Sabih Khan becomes the latest COO. Apple Watch and health software may shift to Craig Federighi, while design reports to Tim Cook

Apple’s chatbot move follows DOJ plans to end its $20B Google search deal, risking big revenue loss. Apple is partnering with startups like Perplexity and building AI tools. This signals a major upcoming leadership shake-up.

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AI Tutorial

How to Create Eye-Catching AI Graphics with Recraft

Creating eye-catching graphic designs is simpler than ever, thanks to AI-powered platforms like Recraft. With intuitive tools and smart features, you can quickly bring your ideas to life. Here’s how you can begin and generate professional-looking visuals in just a few steps:

1. Open Recraft

   Head to Recraft and either log in or create an account. Once you're in, start a project from the dashboard.

2. Set Up Your Frame

   From the top menu, choose the Frame option. Then, define your canvas by dragging your mouse to create the desired frame dimensions.

3. Add Text and Visual

   • To include text, select the Text tool (marked by the “T” icon) in the top toolbar. You can position and customize your text as needed.

   • To integrate AI-generated visuals, choose the Image option from the same menu. This allows you to incorporate dynamic elements into your design.

4. Prepare the Frame

   After you’ve arranged your elements, highlight or select the entire frame. You’ll see frame-specific settings appear on the left-hand panel.

5. Provide Context

   In the input box on the left, describe the theme or subject of your design. For example, you could write:

   “Mango Soda”

   Then, hit the Recraft frame button to initiate the AI generation process.

6. Watch Your Design Come to Life

   Recraft will use your input and frame setup to create a fully rendered design — tailored to your layout and description.

Tip: For best results, keep your frame description short but specific—mention the style, color palette, or target use (e.g., “minimalist poster for mango soda ad”). This helps the AI generate more accurate visuals.

Top AI & Tech News

• Perplexity has been accused by Cloudflare, an internet infrastructure provider, of scraping websites that explicitly block AI crawlers

• OpenAI’s ChatGPT is experiencing rapid growth, with its user base quadrupling since last year and projected to reach 700 million weekly active users

• Anthropic has revoked OpenAI’s ability to use its Claude, citing violations of terms of service as OpenAI used Claude’s coding tools ahead of GPT-5 launch

• OpenMind, a Silicon Valley company founded in 2024 by Stanford professor Jan Liphardt, is developing an operating system called OM1 for humanoid robots

Prompt of the Day

Startup Idea Generator for Founders

This prompt is designed to help founders and entrepreneurs generate unique startup ideas by focusing on specific markets, industries, or pain points. It guides users to provide detailed information about their target audience and challenges they want to solve, enabling the creation of tailored business concepts with high growth potential.

Top AI Video Tutorial

Context Engineering Clearly Explained

Complimentary AI Course of the Day

Machine Translation

Machine translation is a field of AI that provides the ability to translate a language from one language to another. In this session, we will be discussing types of machine learning techniques, various types of vectorization techniques, What is RNN, how RNN Works, what is gradient Explosion and why it occurs and we will see how LSTM and GRU works, what is sequence 2 sequence model is, how the encoder-decoder works, how the teacher forcing mechanism works.