Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has launched Grok 4.1.
On X, Musk noted that people should notice a significant improvement in both speed and quality.
Grok 4.1 is said to have higher emotional intelligence, empathy, and interpersonal skills.
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has launched Grok 4.1, promising faster responses and higher answer quality for users. The update focuses on both speed and the usefulness of answers. Grok 4.1 is now available to all users on grok.com, on X, and through the Grok apps on iOS and Android. It is rolling out directly in Auto mode, and users who want more control can manually select ‘Grok 4.1’ in the model picker.
SurveyOn X, Musk highlighted the release, saying that people should notice a significant improvement in both speed and quality. Before the full launch, xAI quietly tested the new model in a silent rollout from November 1 to November 14, 2025. The company ran blind comparisons between Grok 4.1 and the earlier models. In these tests, Grok 4.1 was preferred 64.78 percent of the time.
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According to xAI, the Grok 4.1 model is “exceptionally capable in creative, emotional, and collaborative interactions.” Also, it is more “perceptive to nuanced intent, compelling to speak with, and coherent in personality, while fully retaining the razor-sharp intelligence and reliability of its predecessors.” To reach this level, xAI used large-scale reinforcement learning similar to what powered Grok 4, but with extra focus on style, personality, helpfulness, and alignment.
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The Grok 4.1 AI model is said to have higher emotional intelligence, empathy, and interpersonal skills, scoring 1586 on EQ-Bench. The company also worked on reducing hallucinations. Grok 4.1 was tested on real-world information-seeking queries from production traffic and on FActScore, which is a public benchmark.
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