6 suggestions, tips, and prompts for creating pictures with Grok AI

When X, formerly Twitter , launched Grok 2 , the AI grew to become rapidly identified for its snarky humorousness and its capability to generate pictures with fewer restrictions than different platforms. However, Grok 2 additionally tends to generate extra sensible pictures than competitors like DALL-E . That, combined with the $8 month-to-month entry to X Premium that is still decrease than Google and ChatGPT’s $20 a month AI subscriptions, has earned the software program a status earlier than even leaving beta.

Nonetheless, taking advantage of the platform’s capabilities requires a little bit of know-how to get one of the best outcomes. Like most AI platforms, the way you phrase the immediate issues. However, with Grok’s looser restrictions, customers ought to perceive not simply learn how to use the AI, however learn how to use the AI in probably the most moral approach potential.

Earlier than you begin typing in that immediate field, these 6 tips and suggestions will make it easier to benefit from the brand new X AI.

1 Be conscious of AI ethics

Grok can do issues it most likely should not…

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X describes Grok as an AI with “a splash of revolt,” which loosely interprets right into a chatbot that has fewer guidelines, significantly regarding picture technology. Not like DALL-E or Google Gemini , Grok can generate pictures of recognizable folks, replicate the model of a selected artist and even a selected piece of art work, and reproduce different mental property together with logos and licensed characters.

However, simply because Grok can do these issues doesn’t suggest you ought to. Even when wielding Grok and a keyboard as an alternative of a paintbrush, you danger lawsuits infringing on mental property when replicating an artist or together with issues like logos or licensed characters. Creating pictures of recognizable folks may danger violating Right of Publicity in relevant states, laws that stops somebody’s likeness from being commercially exploited.

Some may additionally select to keep away from AI in any respect — or be selective on which platforms to make use of — over concern with how the coaching knowledge was gathered. Artists have beforehand taken AI corporations to court docket over utilizing their work to coach knowledge. xAI says Grok 1’s initial training data got here from “a wide range of textual content knowledge from publicly accessible sources from the web,” but it surely would not specify the place its picture coaching knowledge got here from. Grok 2 makes use of the FLUX 1 mannequin by Black Forest Labs, which is equally unclear on the place the coaching knowledge originated from. The inclusion of “signatures” in generated art work suggests copyrighted work could also be a part of the information.

The ethics of utilizing any AI platform apply to Grok as nicely, together with correctly labeling the picture as AI generated.

2 Embrace Grok 2’s strengths and perceive its weaknesses

Keep away from asking for pictures with close-ups of arms or graphics with textual content

The important thing to getting one of the best outcomes from any AI is to know the platform’s strengths and weaknesses, and Grok is not any exception. Grok’s strengths lie in its extra sensible picture technology, its capability to deal with duties like producing pictures that seem like celebrities, and its deal with humor. When evaluating Grok to DALL-E, I’ve discovered Grok produced pictures that had been extra sensible (although nonetheless had a number of tell-tale AI indicators).

However, Grok 2 is a younger program nonetheless in beta, and it has some limitations, regardless of its status for having looser content material pointers. Whereas Grok itself will inform you that it is multimodal, it is not, or not less than not but. There is not an choice to connect a picture to ask Grok so as to add one thing to it or generate one thing primarily based on that file. It is a text-only enter at the moment.

Whereas Grok typically delivered pictures that appeared extra superior than DALL-E, the AI nonetheless faltered at among the duties that appeared to be universally tough for AI. Arms and fingers can typically look wonky. Textual content is commonly gibberish and even made up of non-letters until you explicitly spell out what to say.

There are additionally some directions that Grok would not appear to know but. For instance, I could not get Grok to generate a picture in a selected side ratio, regardless of explicitly asking for 16:9, I needed to go in and crop to that format afterward as an alternative. When asking for pictures of individuals, Grok tends to make all of them seem like runway fashions until requested in any other case.

3 Write particular prompts, quite than generic

The extra detailed, the higher

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Like most AI platforms, Grok delivers one of the best outcomes when given a selected, well-worded immediate quite than a generic one. As you kind within the textual content field, transcend simply what folks or objects needs to be within the picture. Contemplate elements like:

• Fashion: Grok can create pictures that look sensible, or you possibly can ask for a cartoon or perhaps a portray. Contemplate in order for you shiny, daring colours, or extra muted tones.
• Temper: Specify what kind of tone you’re searching for, whether or not you desire a humorous picture, a darkish depiction, or maybe one thing skilled.
• Background or location: Inform Grok the place this image needs to be situated with a view to get a background that matches your imaginative and prescient. Be particular with settings, like a espresso store or a busy avenue.

4 Ask for tweaks till you get one of the best outcome

Grok takes your prompts in context

Grok would not neglect your earlier immediate, which suggests should you don’t get a superb outcome, you possibly can inform the AI extra particulars. You do not have to re-type the immediate. As a substitute, say, “Regenerate that however with _____.” If you do not have extra textual content to make clear the outcome with, you possibly can hit that round arrow key beneath the unique technology to regenerate from the identical immediate.

Some phrases additionally work higher than others, so you could wish to experiment with rewording your immediate, quite than including extra particulars. After I requested for a “various” group for instance, it generated a picture of individuals all with the identical darkish pores and skin tone. As soon as I requested for “a wide range of pores and skin tones,” then the AI created a gaggle of ethnically various folks.

On the flip aspect, if you wish to create a completely new picture, generally Grok will nonetheless pull particulars from the earlier immediate, just like the background or model that you just requested earlier. If this occurs, merely begin a brand new chat thread so Grok “forgets” your earlier requests.

5 Have enjoyable with Grok’s snarky humorousness

Grok was made to be a much less critical AI

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X’s new AI is thought for each its free content material pointers and its humorousness. Embrace the humorous aspect of Grok as you experiment. Grok isn’t a digicam, so create off-kilter pairings that you just wouldn’t see in actual life to make an announcement, like a sandwich with a aspect of on line casino “chips” or a practical rendering of the expression “raining cats and canines.”

6 Examine your privateness settings

X can use your knowledge to tweak Grok

According to X, Grok was pre-trained on a wide range of knowledge pulled from the web, not public X posts or Tweets. Nonetheless, a data-sharing setting is now mechanically turned on by default for X customers, until they opt-out. This setting says that “we could make the most of your X posts in addition to your person interactions, inputs, and outcomes with Grok for coaching and fine-tuning functions.”

If you do not need Grok to be educated in your posts you possibly can choose out by tapping the three-dot or extra menu, deciding on Settings & Privateness, clicking Privateness and Security, then deciding on Grok. Then, uncheck the field to opt-out.

Grok additionally makes use of public Tweets to share real-time knowledge with customers. If you do not need your posts doubtlessly popping up in Grok, you may must make your account personal by going to Settings and Privateness > Privateness & Security > Viewers and Tagging > Defend your posts.