Grok-2 Beta Release

xAI announces the beta release of Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini on the X platform, with an enterprise API coming later in the month. The model demonstrates competitive performance, outperforming Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4-Turbo on the LMSYS leaderboard.

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We are excited to release an early preview of Grok-2, a significant step forward from our previous model Grok-1.5, featuring frontier capabilities in chat, coding, and reasoning. At the same time, we are introducing Grok-2 mini, a small but capable sibling of Grok-2.
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Announced: 13 Aug 2024 00:00 UTC
Detected: 23 Aug 2026 17:26 UTC (+740d after)

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