xAI Launches Grok Imagine Video 1.5 to General Availability
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xAI moved Grok Imagine Video 1.5 from preview to general availability on June 16, rolling it out on the Imagine API and on grok.com and mobile apps. The model animates still images into 720p/24fps video with native audio. Video 1.5 Fast generates 6-second clips in ~25 seconds (down from 40+ in v1.0), having previously topped the Image-to-Video Arena leaderboard with a 52 Elo point lead.
Why it matters
Brings xAI's top-ranked image-to-video model to broad consumer and API availability, directly competing with Veo and Runway at meaningfully faster generation speeds.
Importance: 3/5
GA release of leaderboard-topping image-to-video model with 40% speed improvement
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xAI: Grok Imagine Video 1.5
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