Elon Musk’s xAI is set to unveil Grok 4 on July 9, 2025, via a livestream, marking a significant milestone in the AI race. Skipping Grok 3.5, xAI aims to position Grok 4 as a direct challenger to OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini with improved features and performance.
What’s new in Grok 4?
According to early reports, Grok 4 will launch in two variants. It will have a generalist model and a developer‑focused version, tailored for developers with a native code editor resembling VS Code. Grok 4 promises to offer enhanced reasoning, coding support, structured outputs, and function‑calling capabilities.
Leaked rumors show, it promises multimodal features, expansive 130k token context windows, and real‑time integration with X for live updates. It boasts a 95% score on AIME 2025 math benchmarks and 88% on GPQA reasoning. It will have a native code editor, which means developers will be able to write, edit, and debug right in the interface.
Grok 4 vs ChatGPT 4
Grok’s strength lies in technical reasoning, coding, and real‑time data access, building on Grok 3’s lead in STEM benchmarks and speed coding tasks. Meanwhile, ChatGPT 4 holds its own in polished language fluency and immediate multimodal capabilities. xAI’s X platform integration provides real-time data access with Grok, which is ideal for research, while ChatGPT relies on periodically refreshed static data sets.
Interestingly, even though rumors say that a video and image generator will be introduced soon and not immediately at the launch, a hint could be derived from the fact that xAI recently acquired Gen AI video foundation model firm HotShot. While speaking about the acquisition, Aakash Sastry, mentioned that the firm was looking forward to scaling efforts on the largest cluster in the world, Colossus, as a part of its xAI integration.
Will Grok 4 close the gap?
The real test for Grok 4 will be whether it can balance bold, real‑time interactivity with accuracy and finesse. Earlier Grok versions faced scrutiny, sparking controversy over misinformation at times. Some others praised it for its wit and unfiltered answers, giving a leg up to free speech. Whether it outshines ChatGPT 4 depends on real‑world performance, reliability, and user reception once the livestream rolls out.