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grok-beta

Status unknown · Language, Multimodal

grok-beta is a preview language model that xAI offered on its API from the start of the API public beta on 4 November 2024, as the provisional name of a new Grok model in the final stages of development. xAI gave it a 128,000-token context window and function calling; a multimodal version with image input, grok-vision-beta, followed as a preview. [1] [2]API access Primary source

Timeline of grok-beta →

Claims and evidence

  • Released Released on the xAI API at the start of its public beta; the release notes date the API public beta to Nov 4 (2024) but do not name the model. Primary source[1]page date; Models [3]November 2024, Nov 4: API Public Beta
  • Status Status unknownxAI has published no deprecation or retirement notice for grok-beta or grok-vision-beta; the xAI API models page lists neither (checked 2026-10-01). Evidence incompleteNo source
      • Input textThe API post calls grok-beta the text-only version. Primary source[1]Models
      • Feature Function calling Primary source[1]Models
      • Context window 128,000 tokens tokens Primary source[1]Models
      • Parameters Not disclosedNot disclosed by xAI. No claim madeNo source
      • Access API Primary source[1]first paragraphs; Models

      Lineage

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      Based on

      Not derived from another model.

      Variants and derived

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      All ancestors

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      Variants

      grok-vision-beta

      Same dates as grok-beta.

      • Variant Inline variant in this record.The API post of 2024-11-04 announced the vision model for the following week; the December 2024 post confirms it had been released as a preview model. No day is given. Primary source[1]Models [2]API access

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      • Input: text, image Evidence not assessed [1]Models

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