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4d ago

xAI Open-Sources Grok 2.5 on Hugging Face

The release comes with a restrictive license that blocks using Grok 2.5 to train or build other models.

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XAI releases Grok 2.5 model weights on Hugging Face

Overview

  • Elon Musk announced that the Grok 2.5 model is now available for download and modification on Hugging Face.
  • xAI’s license allows running and tweaking the model but prohibits using it to train, create, or improve other AI systems.
  • Musk said Grok 3 will be made open source in about six months, describing the plan in a post on X.
  • The move extends xAI’s prior openness after a raw Grok‑1 base model was released in March 2024, drawing contrast with OpenAI’s more limited open-source releases.
  • Coverage notes renewed scrutiny of Grok’s past offensive outputs, which xAI attributed to deprecated code it says is fixed, and situates the release within intensifying US–China open-source AI competition.