You may quickly have a brand new favourite Vine video — or see an previous favourite return to the timeline — because of Elon Musk’s new AI-powered text-to-video generator, Grok Think about.
“Grok Think about is AI Vine!” Musk wrote in an X submit on Saturday, touting the newest characteristic from his chatbot, Grok.
Grok Think about — now in beta — permits customers to sort out pictures or scenes they’d prefer to see the AI bot animate into video. It then generates clips with sound to the consumer’s specs.
Earlier than TikTok — and lengthy earlier than Grok — there was Vine. The beloved short-form video service, which allowed customers to create and add 6-second movies, was owned by then-Twitter shortly after its 2012 founding till its shuttering in 2017. It was the supply of many early viral movies and the topic of quite a few compilations of “the most effective Vines of all time.”
Whereas Grok Think about gives a brand new AI spin on short-form clips, Musk additionally seems to be eyeing a comeback for Vine itself.
“Btw, we lately discovered the Vine video archive (thought it had been deleted) and are engaged on restoring consumer entry, so you’ll be able to submit them in order for you,” Musk added in his Saturday submit.
It is unclear whether or not restoring the Vine archive would enable customers to entry their previous accounts or if it will be a brief measure permitting entry to previous recordsdata from the service.
Musk and representatives for X didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark from Enterprise Insider.
For now, entry to Grok Think about is being slowly rolled out to subscribers of the chatbot’s $30-monthly premium tier, SuperGrok, although any consumer of X can signal as much as be added to the waitlist.
